Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, scholar, scientist and community organiser of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. She is based in the US, and her work brings together Indigenous rights, youth empowerment, traditional land stewardship, and the healing of intergenerational and intercultural trauma. Drawing on studies in Human Ecology at Stanford, graduate work in Indigenous Pedagogy, and the traditional worldview she was raised within, she weaves music, scholarship and lived knowledge into a deeply rooted and holistic practice. Her doctoral research explored how ...

 

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