Join Us As We Welcome Our New Board Member, Dr. Lyla June Johnston

Cultural Survival welcomes the newest member of our Board of Directors, Dr. Lyla June Johnston. Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), and European lineages. Her multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences around the globe towards personal, collective, and ecological healing. She blends her academic work in Human Ecology and Indigenous Pedagogy with the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives, and solutions. Her doctoral research focused on the ways in which pre-colonial Indigenous Nations shaped large regions of Turtle Island to produce abundant food systems for both humans and non-humans. Indigenous Rights Radio Coordinator Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San) recently spoke with Lyla June about her work and passions. Music "Anania2" by The Baba Project, used with permission. "Burn your village to the ground", by The Haluci Nation, used with permission.