3000-year-old solutions to modern problems | Lyla June | TEDxKC

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In this profoundly hopeful talk, Diné 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 Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (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 www.ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
  • @mamarana524
    People like her should be in charge of our agricultural and ecology departments. Not lobbyists.
  • @karlieesviddeos
    This is absolutely the best TedTalk I've ever seen. This woman gives a sacred gift. Those words were so clear and powerful. Earth needs us, more than ever.
  • @EskayDuro
    This woman should be heard on every media available. Translated into every possible language. We can't allow this knowledge to be lost.
  • @duvessa2003
    This speaker has great internal power. I would like to see her granted as much external power to facilitate us living in harmony with the earth.
  • @soniamarieduguiawe9112
    Spot on.👌 Thank you for that wisdom. "Humanity is an expression of the earth's beauty." "When we become mother earth's friend, confidant, ally, and partner in life instead of being her dominator, superior, or profiteer...we can transform dead systems into living systems. "
  • @sparkymularkey6970
    I saw a Diné woman and clicked so damn fast! 🤣 I've never seen one of us up on the TED stage before, all tradish too! 💖
  • @leenbee17
    What hope. When she talks in her native language, it gives me chills.
  • @LisaPellegrino
    This is everything. This feels like one of the only ways forward. This is how we not just survive as a species, but thrive. I wish I could drop everything I'm doing and work towards this vision every day. Nothing seems as important.
  • @pprehn5268
    Healing Earth Starts With Healing The Human Soul🌎🌏🌍
  • @anitasanchez4194
    Grateful and hopeful in the presence of wisdom and beauty shared by our Dine sister, Lyla June. Love for our earth and each other -- it is possible to create a thriving, just world for all our relations when in right relationship with earth and her systems.
  • @ruthwolfe5712
    So powerful, we need more native speakers like this. As an Alaska Native Yupik women I learned so much. Thank you Lyla June!
  • @micgu360
    A true woman, a leader and a healer. I am with you Lyla.
  • @neilifill4819
    Thank you, Dr. June. We have learned so many incorrect things about Native people. It’s time for us to learn the truth and incorporate Natives into everything. It’s time.
  • @lizt.5374
    I kept looking for options to “like” this harder. One “like” is not enough for this talk. ♥️🙏
  • @kaoskewenvoyouma2712
    Raised as a traditional Hopi with a Half Blood Daughter who is Dine, I teach her many ways ov how we are connected. Im proud ov my Hopi culture just as my Dine friends are. Were all in this together
  • @jendare3168
    Amen! You are a beautiful soul. I send you much love and peace