In this profoundly hopeful talk, DinĂ© musician, scholar, and cultural historian Lyla June outlines a series of timeless human success stories focusing on Native American food and land management techniques and strategies. Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, scholar and community organizer of DinĂ© (Navajo), TsĂ©tsĂªhĂ©stĂ¢hese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Her dynamic, multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences across the globe towards personal, collective and ecological healing. She blends studies in Human Ecology at Stanford, graduate work in Indigenous Pedagogy, and the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives and solutions. Her current doctoral research focuses on Indigenous food systems revitalization. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Teaser photo credit: Flag of the Navajo Nation. By Himasaram – Reference:[1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1180511
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