Lyla June: Architects of Abundance, a Trudy Sundberg Lecture Series Presentation

The Trudy Sundberg Lecture Series, presented by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation, is pleased to present Dr. Lyla June Johnston as its 2024 featured speaker. Her presentation, Architects of Abundance: Indigenous Regenerative Food Systems & the Excavation of Hidden History, was recorded on March 22, 2024, at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts. Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), and European lineages. Her doctoral research focuses on how pre-colonial Indigenous Nations gardened large regions of Turtle Island (aka the Americas) to produce abundant food systems for humans and non-humans. Contrary to popular belief, Indigenous Nations were active agents within the ecosystem and sculptured entire bioregions into edible landscapes. Lyla June blends her study of Human Ecology at Stanford, graduate work in Indigenous Pedagogy, and the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives, and solutions. To learn more about Lyla’s work, visit www.lylajune.com. Founded in honor of a beloved Whidbey Island teacher and civic leader, the Trudy Sundberg Lecture Series annually presents an eminent speaker in one of Trudy’s many areas of interest. Learn more at https://sno-islefoundation.org/trudy-....