This presentation will be conducted through Zoom. Advanced registration is required, please register here. 

Lyla June will present on how the core of pre-Columbian Indigenous food systems, which is service, abundance and reverence, could inform and influence our design strategies today. Contrary to popular belief, Indigenous Peoples leveraged immense influence on the land and waters of North America. This was done with tact, compassion, and ingenuity. What can these systems teach us as designers of all types.

The lecture will be followed by a public discussion moderated by Diamond Dov. 

Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, scholar and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. June is a doctoral student working at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, studying the values, strategies and characteristics of Indigenous Food Systems. 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. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree, focusing on Indigenous food systems revitalization.

This event is free and accessible through Zoom only.