Too late for that. Corporate control of our information system (the media), handed over during the Reagan and Clinton presidencies, has resulted in the political process being commandeered by corporate interests. She will not be allowed to run the Department of the Interior nor will we be allowed to vote on anyone who will appoint her. Sanders was the last person that could have appointed her, and the Democratic party will never allow him, much less any other progressive, to run agian.
@@francescraik9026 agreed. But unfortunately in the world we're living in right now, we need them to teach us how to fix this mess and survive on this land... again. Of all the populations in this country, they care about this land the most. So we need them
Although I am a descendent of two famous Chiefs, one Lakota and one Oneida, I am also descended from generations of wise and brilliant indigenous women. Thank you my grandmothers.
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.
Sorry, but you are 100% wrong. The earth doesn't need us, we need the earth. Immediately after we humans have annihilated ourselves, the earth will begin its cycle of reconstruction and rejuvenation. Hopefully, the next dominant species will be more respectful of such a special place.
@@crli4353 what you suggest is the very darwinist vision I also used to have by time. However the opposite is the crucial thought of this speech: What if mankind's existence on earth wasn't merely casual and interchangeable? What if we do have a purpose in the creation? What if we just forgot how to be good creatures? And what if we could just change direction and come back to where we belong? It's about the myth of the original sin for what humans fell. This is religious, not scientific, though 🤗🙏
@@astriziaIt makes no difference really if you look at our existence from randomness or creation. The facts are the facts. We have and continue to destroy this planet, to this day, either through greed, what I believe to be the flaw in our species, or through free will, the flaw in creationist theory. Im not sure why you presume our species, at any time in our history, were "good creatures" because there is no evidence of this at all. In fact its quite the contrary. There is no "coming back to where we belong" because that would require more TIME than our species has to live on this planet. Our water is contaminated, our air is contaminated, our food is contaminated, cancer is on the rise year after year and we continue to have the hubris to believe we are capable of using and maintaining the most dangerous substance known to man (uranium), at a profit. Where there is a beginning there will always be an end, it is this formula that has proven itself time after time. We have accelerated our end for profit and as such, it will come sooner than later.
Literally same lol I clicked it because I saw native fashion, and I'm not even Native American, I was just really excited to hear the history of this land! There's sooooo much to learn from the ancestors of this continent, and I will always be supportive of preserving native history and implementing y'all's tried and true techniques
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.
Such wisdom from such a young person. These are similar techniques the Aboriginals of Australia used for 40000 years. "What if I told you that the earth needs us?" - that bought tears to my 48yo eyes.
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. "
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
Those of us who can hear her words in our souls need to take these words and follow the example of Native peoples. We need to begin by returning to them the lands we took and let them implement their knowledge and wisdom as they once did, teaching us how to live according to those ways and forsaking all sense of dominion over and financial profit from the Earth who brought us forth and gave us life. Absolutely agree with you because other peoples practiced similar ways that became abandoned for the sake of domination, slavery and monetaristic, materialistic wealth.
Absolutely. There are way too many people. We these farming techniques we could effectively cut the Earth's human population by 80% through starvation and malnourishment. Who's on board?
It was lovely meeting you at Sundance Lyla... I am so glad that you were born. We, and all of our relatives, are stronger together, with you in our midst! Thank you for reminding all of us to center with the earth, and that we can be a voice through action or word, for good change... often return to the ancient, and sustainable.
Many years ago an older fellow was teaching a class I was in and said "I have forgotten what you have yet to learn". We do not give our ancestors regardless of where they lived nearly enough credit. Such a wonderful talk. Please continue to share your information and educate a generation that has lost so much knowledge!
From a suburban POV, plant food trees like pecan, peach, apple etc instead of pine or magnolia or ornamental pear. Plant millet in your landscape for the birds. And try to reduce your consumption of goods with excessive waste; drink water instead of soda. And if you live near untouched wild lands like drainage areas, plant a blueberry bush that you dont have to tend.
Suburban POV = White POV? Listen to Lyla June and create your own systems and opinions. It is greater than Blueberry vs. Pine trees though of course that is important.
@@sylviam6535 Really (genuinely interested)? Where are they banned? in the southeastern US, blueberries are sold at every garden center and it is a struggle to get the bushes to establish. Blackberries are crazy aggressive here. They grew excessively in every ditch, field and wooded area but are very good eating if you are not deterred by the thorns.
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.
One more reason to give you goosebumps: Dine language actually helped the U.S. during WWII. It was used as a code language and Nazis weren't able to crack it.
@@martavdz4972 we known this for years. Also in Korea, Europe, Africa, Asia, ALL OVER THE GLOBE. White soliders could not match the Navajo warrior in battle. We won many wars for the whiteman, none of them were won by himself.
I am also from tribe of india and believe me she is telling the actual truth of our past. In modern world what people know about us is hunting and just roaming around forests but they don't know how actually we've managed to maintain this earths beauty.
Thank you... I've worked with native Americans from my home in Wyoming to your home in 4 corners and not only was your talk probably the most useful I've seen in a while but when you talk about healing our past I cried , I've always thought it was so wrong that your land was taken from you and I've cried about that many times in my life...thank you for your talk
I've heard sermons whose message was actually quite similar to this one. But I'm not American. I suppose you're referring to American sermons, evangelical or Presbyterian? Sermons differ vastly depending on country and denomination. I recommend Francis of Assissi.
"The Earth needs us." How often have I heard, or even said myself, that the Earth would be better off without humans. It is not true. We are as part of Her as are trees, snakes, eagles, grasses, clouds. Lyla June gives us the sacred message of our task. What a soul.
She is truly incredible. Hmong ppl. And natives shared a lot in common.....we hmong also shared the land and spiritually give thanks to what the lands provide us when the land is repected...respected. wow! Amazing.
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.
Wow Lyla June! Brava! I have followed you since 2016 when we were all remembering to speak up and support the Water Is Life movement at Standing Rock and other places. It has been amazing to watch you blossom into who you were able to give to this audience. You brought tears to my eyes that filled my heart with pride and admiration for you. As a woman I share an agreement with you about these values. While I have been brought up to value this world somewhat similarly I cannot say that I have more fully understood the intent of the valuing than I did from listening to your presentation. I am at least twice your age. My life has been spent in service to children and adults with cognitive and speech - language challenges. Until I heard your presentation today I have been feeling like the world would be better off without me. I thank you for sharing a most important message for us all to remember- it is the systems that need modification! It is the willingness and openness of each heart to stop making the mistaken choice that we are each here to preserve our lone survival. Congrats on your great achievement for all of the Dineh people and for us all. Many blessings to you. I can’t wait to hear more of your discoveries.
Oh my gosh this statement spoke to me so much that when I read it I big sigh of sorrow was released. Me too. Thank you for saying that you felt this way and how her speech impacted you.
@@sonyacanter9724 thank you for the feedback too. When I came back over to read and reply to your comment I noticed yet one more nuanced thing that doesn’t seem like much but it is one of many small things that seems to hack away at me unless I notice. I’m specifically noting today that the “heart” for when we positively affirm another’s response seems to have been removed. Lately this social platform (among others) seems so heavily programmed to weed out so much positive and/or supportive nonverbal as well as verbal feedback that we have relied on in interpersonal communication. In addition, as it continues to hack away at the unique and varied perspectives and opinions of individuals that it appears to be a campaign to intentionally or by some odd default is cultivating the compassionate humanity out of us in one way while simultaneously conditioning us all to be less expressive of any feelings, sentiments, emotions that may reflect anything short of “zombie”-like nature. It is why Lyla June’s presentation meant so much.
These words, this woman, and her scholarly work are so powerful, brilliant, beautiful, and necessary. Thank you Lyla June for sharing this wisdom: "Hózhǫ́ is the joy of being a part of the beauty of all creation. When we understand that humanity is an expression of the Earth's beauty, we understand that we too belong. Hózhǫ́ understands that we have an ecological role. Hózhǫ́ understands that our Mother Earth needs us." It is good to see that the Novasutras term agaya has precedent in the deep wisdom of Diné language and culture. Agaya and ubuntu to all! 🙏🌏💚
She is putting english words and understandings to the natural way indigenous people live. This was there way of life. They did not do these things for the future because it was the right thing to do, it was their way. She is giving the talk to get land back from a conquered people that have refused to assimilate. CRT with the Indians.
it was their way because it was the right thing to do. they were not tricked by fame and fortune of the "real world", their way is living in the actual world.
Part of Eco-system not on top of Eco-system ! 🤝 Not being GREEDY, assisting each other, seeing the sacredness in all ! ☘️🕉 Reverence and gratitude for Gaia! 🙇🏽♂️ Understanding that we all are but one! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
I have faith in humanity because I am wise enough to listen whenever I can and I would like to learn how to be a part of the growing numbers of humans that will need to know where to migrate to because I am a Minnesota born with 3 generations to go back scared human who grew up playing in the woods by a river. I will hope to meet you one day
Paul, you’re alright in my book. To see such a simple and beautiful alternative to the way we’ve been conned into living should bring tears to any decent human. Use that energy to motivate yourself to change as Lila recommends and spread this word of hope.
Take no notice of the "dead inside" replies. I agree with you, she is an inspirational and moving speaker. A word of caution though, native Americans like indigenous Australians try to take too much credit for the ways of their ancestors. Rather than wise ancestors looking over their environment and "managing" it in an optimal way, I suspect they were simple tribal types just trying to make a living in the environment they found themselves. And being just another species on the plane and in the food web they fitted right in.
I'm from Europe and I see myself as member of the native people of this land. For thousands of years, we too lived in harmony with the land. It was only the last 150 years we deviated from this path. But still in rural areas all around Europe you can see the deep connection between the people and the land. Let us take stewardship for our mother earth and make her a paradise where milk and honey flow, where humans and many other life live in harmony together.
Why are people surprised that she makes more sense than bureaucrats? Those people don't understand the subject matter (most of them). They are there for the money, a step on the ladder to their next promotion, or for sense of "power." There many sensibly people like her out in the world, but these people simply don't make to the halls where power lies.
Lyla June, that was an absolute spinetingling presentation. The ancient knowledge you have shared certainly filled me with hope for the future. I hope enough people hear your powerful and wise words. You are so beautiful.
Gracias Maestra! Thank You Teacher. You made me cry because I've been restoring and rewilding for 20 years now and I understood every word you're saying. Saludos desde México.
I can't tell you how many times I've clicked on a ted talk and thought "I can totally watch this without getting emotional." only to fail miserably. This video was no exception.
I loved this. I'm rather tired of seeing us fight against anything and everything, even within. When there are so many instances where unity is a real option.
A few years ago, after experiencing unity with ancient wisdom, I stated that the origin of the word “woman” is “wise one”. Nobody took me seriously. Thank you Lyla June. You validate what I know to be true. Respect and kindness 🙏🏼
We should revisit the ancient practice of only women voting for their male leaders. Or some Version thereof. We need more strong but sensitive empathic leadership.
I m simply simply floored by this girl's honest talk. Thank you Laila. God bless you. May your come true. Instead of flying to the moon and polluting the space, it's time we make our earth a better place to live.
Fantastic and inspiring! What Lyla June describes is at once elegant, holistic, simple, and deep. Her words, as others have said, are clear and power and I hope we can all choose to become "active agents" as part of this planet.
Your information gives me tears. Thank you very much. One Man Greed is the 1st sign of catastrophic. Just to move forward we need to rewrite the histories. The lost wisdoms of thousands years time tested records.
Such a well spoken person, notice she doesn't have to resort to yelling and theatrics because she speaks the truth. We need more people like her making decisions for our planet.
I wish the whole would hear this over… and over … and over again. Maybe we would all listen and make that change. Thank you for your words of ancient wisdom
I feel so happy hearing this. We should be working a cultivators of all life on earth and not extractors of value. Amazing talk, Lyla! Such a powerful speaker.
This woman is incredible, she spoke the truth in such a way that we cannot deny it. We have a gift in our Earth, we are a gift to our Earth, we should all be living and work together. This was one of the most inspirational Ted Talks I've ever watched, thank you.
one of the best ted talks, my grandfather was Pueblo claiming he was Anasazi before he died but pretended to be Mexican for fear of the government in his time torturing him or trying to imprison him
That's the mentality, simple language, simple explanation that doesn't need to impress anyone. Yet the wisest solutions, because that's how this planet works.
I have been lucky enough to meet a few Dinéh people in Big Mountain, Arizona. We have indeed celebrated life together a few times. I miss those days of singing and dancing. June is spot on, the ways of the elders would be helpful at this time we are all sharing.
The fact that this beautiful, powerful talk is interrupted by ads (in this case, for a "clean" fuel cell single occupancy vehicle) says everything about the systems that Lyla June referenced as needing to go extinct.
Layla June! What a speech. How elegantly spoke as if I were listening to spoken word poetry. THANK YOU. May Allah bless you, your nation and above all your people.
Native peoples are always the smartest and wisest people that we desperately need to listen to more. From aboriginal australia to the pre-columbian americas, these people knew how to work with absolutely everything nature gave and made with it much more abundance than modern agriculture could ever achieve in 2023.
What a beautiful message. We are born to be a part of this earth and we can cultivate a solution to some of our current challenges that better serves the future of the planet. Brilliant. I wish more of the billionaires of the world would put their funds toward this type of mission as apposed to attempting to colonize Mars! This is a better strategy for all.
Well, I think now that we're here for more purposes than we thought. All mostly have been pinpointed by Mrs Lyla June. Humans moving forward with wisdoms ( techno or not ) like what have been mentioned there would surely long retain life here on Earth and in this Universe.
Beautiful concept, content and execution. We need this wisdom, not the greed of our current crop of corporate meatpuppets. So many similarities with Australian first nations practices. Thank you for this Lyla. Amazing.
Thank you Lyla June for your teachings and powerful words and acts ! I am moved so deeply by this word "Hozho"and the meanings of it that you tought me in another talk of yours which i received deep in my heart... 💚Thank you ! Blessings from France 🙏
This moved me. Thank you Lyla, so very much. I shared this to everyone I could. Blessings and success for you, your family and people, and this message. Thank you
I respect so much that she is asserting her native identity जैसे ये अपनी मूल पहचान को अपने साथ रख कर व उससे सीख कर दुनिया को ज्ञान दे रहीं हैं, मैं, उसकी बहुत सम्मान करता हूँ..
Having watched the first 15 minutes sacred sister is quite right...we are an integral part of this symbiotic biosphere. I have connected with land, water, spirit and the sky at different times with remarkable results. The eighth fire is within my heart...blessings Di ne.
Absolutely awe inspiring and so beautifully put. Ancient ways that worked, the western world stuffed things up through greed. More people like her please!! ❤
What she describes in those few minutes is what I have sometimes believed to be part of our purpose not to use nature but to be it’s guardian, we have a gift of being human and in my mind we have a unique position of either being able to preserve the planet for the good of everything on it, or we can take from it and be it’s doom
Amazing job Lyla June! You are such a shining, bright representative for your tribe and for our community of Taos, NM! Great talk, so pertinent and eloquent. Congratulations!
That was the absolute best explanation of finding solutions to live with a goal to protect what we were given. We should all be onboard, solve what was wrong, a new direction to a healthy planet. Thank you, run for congress,you have my vote!
sure, But for navajo society it's less straight forward. She is just a marketer for our internal interests, she's not actually voices what our plans intend for the people.
This is one of the best presentations I have heard. It is true. It is wise. It is kind. We all need to learn this and live this. Thank you for your compassionate message. I hear you. I see you.
I believe that humans are meant to be here, the earth is home. In some books, like Braiding Sweet Grass and The Mother Tree , It also adds obvious benefits humans have on using older trees and how that makes the newer trees grow back strong & virtually blemish-less. Thank you for this talk, it all rings true.
This brought me to tears. She's so right. I am also studying in the vein of environmental anthropology/ sustainability/ land management in college, so I hope to make a difference with this in the future. An incredibly important talk that needs to be spread to the masses like wildfire. Will be sharing this with my family and friends.
Deepest gratitude for the absolute truth of what has happened and possible change that will heal all of us (human beings and non "2-leggeds) in the face of catastrophic events that are and will happen.
Wow! Lyla June is an articulate and compassionate speaker. I enjoyed her TedX talk content. This furthers my desire to live in this manner working with nature. Thank you.
@@stratify9704 I had the strange experience of being moved to tears by her speaking in a language I have never heard, words that were unintelligible to me. I played it again and again and the sound resonated with my heart, bringing tears each time.
As my family and I consider Colorado to move to, to farm and to be of service, this discussion fills spaces in my heart. I have been blessed. May the Great Goddess bless Lyla June and all the work she brings forth
I have watched this over and over and shared with friends of all ages. So much wisdom in one short talk. Dr. Lyla June...you have some serious goodness in your heart and soul. Thank you for your commitment to this work and your skilled sharing.
Thank you Lyla! Listening to you touched me deeply. You are truly amazing and powerfull, bringing the message of solutions and hope. I have deep respect for you and how you can bring this to the world and the people here, with the openness and willingness of support in this constructive and positive way, after all what has happned to your people and most indigenious people. Certainly it is about time to return the stolen land.
dear diné lady, thank you so much for your message of hope. i know in my heart and soul that what you just said is true wisdom and pure love - and i know that this wisdom and love for the earth and her creatures, of peoples like yours, will save us. since i was a kid, i'm longing for a world like the one you just described and sometimes i'm dreaming of you.
I completely agree with her why are we separated from our originality. We know the pain of being abundant. Let’s keep and preserve all the ancient cultures as is without interference of current economic myth. Thanks a million
I’m only 4 minutes into your talk and know I want to be a part of the solution. I study (hobby) regenerative agriculture and Permiculture. I would love to learn this from you and your family that have done this for thousands of years. I love this message so much!!!
People like her should be in charge of our agricultural and ecology departments. Not lobbyists.
Yes put her incharge
My thoughts exactly
Too late for that. Corporate control of our information system (the media), handed over during the Reagan and Clinton presidencies, has resulted in the political process being commandeered by corporate interests. She will not be allowed to run the Department of the Interior nor will we be allowed to vote on anyone who will appoint her. Sanders was the last person that could have appointed her, and the Democratic party will never allow him, much less any other progressive, to run agian.
@@francescraik9026 agreed. But unfortunately in the world we're living in right now, we need them to teach us how to fix this mess and survive on this land... again. Of all the populations in this country, they care about this land the most. So we need them
yes!!!
Lyla June for president. 1) work with nature 2) expand habitat 3) decenter humans 4) design for perpetuity
This reminds me of that old saying: We do not inherit the earth from our parents. We borrow it from our children.
Although I am a descendent of two famous Chiefs, one Lakota and one Oneida, I am also descended from generations of wise and brilliant indigenous women. Thank you my grandmothers.
those chiefs were raised by women who knew the difference between our actual world and "the real world"
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.
Lyla June is a a gift from Creator, I'm so glad that she is sharing the way.
I was thinking the same 💚🙏 what a brilliant messenger. What a message 🌈
Sorry, but you are 100% wrong. The earth doesn't need us, we need the earth. Immediately after we humans have annihilated ourselves, the earth will begin its cycle of reconstruction and rejuvenation. Hopefully, the next dominant species will be more respectful of such a special place.
@@crli4353 what you suggest is the very darwinist vision I also used to have by time. However the opposite is the crucial thought of this speech:
What if mankind's existence on earth wasn't merely casual and interchangeable? What if we do have a purpose in the creation? What if we just forgot how to be good creatures? And what if we could just change direction and come back to where we belong?
It's about the myth of the original sin for what humans fell.
This is religious, not scientific, though 🤗🙏
@@astriziaIt makes no difference really if you look at our existence from randomness or creation. The facts are the facts. We have and continue to destroy this planet, to this day, either through greed, what I believe to be the flaw in our species, or through free will, the flaw in creationist theory. Im not sure why you presume our species, at any time in our history, were "good creatures" because there is no evidence of this at all. In fact its quite the contrary. There is no "coming back to where we belong" because that would require more TIME than our species has to live on this planet. Our water is contaminated, our air is contaminated, our food is contaminated, cancer is on the rise year after year and we continue to have the hubris to believe we are capable of using and maintaining the most dangerous substance known to man (uranium), at a profit. Where there is a beginning there will always be an end, it is this formula that has proven itself time after time. We have accelerated our end for profit and as such, it will come sooner than later.
Tears in my eyes, hope in my heart. My Ancestors are Beautifull.
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! 💖
Literally same lol I clicked it because I saw native fashion, and I'm not even Native American, I was just really excited to hear the history of this land! There's sooooo much to learn from the ancestors of this continent, and I will always be supportive of preserving native history and implementing y'all's tried and true techniques
❤❤❤ representation is so inspirational!
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.
We can each do what we can in our own environment.
@@jandunn169 And hopefully if every person just does what they can this vision will quickly become reality
You can.
I am planting native plants on my property. The longest journey starts with one step.
just keep dropping parts of the "real world" and pick up the actual world that "the people" have been telling us about!
Such wisdom from such a young person. These are similar techniques the Aboriginals of Australia used for 40000 years. "What if I told you that the earth needs us?" - that bought tears to my 48yo eyes.
that,s the difference of learning different myths. "I made this all for only you, my chosen", leads directly to, "invest in profit at any cost"
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. "
💯 it’s not the dog that needs training but the human
This lady is crazy. She wants us to live in teepees and eat chestnuts for meals.
Ignore my trolling :P
*Earth’s.
Well said. Thank you ❤
Sonia, I just want to say, how well you put that. It reminds me of how native Americans used to live before the invasion. 💙🌹👍
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.
you're a moron
lyla '28!
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
So powerful, we need more native speakers like this. As an Alaska Native Yupik women I learned so much. Thank you Lyla June!
This woman should be heard on every media available. Translated into every possible language. We can't allow this knowledge to be lost.
I hope you shared it on whatever social media you're on. I did
Those of us who can hear her words in our souls need to take these words and follow the example of Native peoples. We need to begin by returning to them the lands we took and let them implement their knowledge and wisdom as they once did, teaching us how to live according to those ways and forsaking all sense of dominion over and financial profit from the Earth who brought us forth and gave us life. Absolutely agree with you because other peoples practiced similar ways that became abandoned for the sake of domination, slavery and monetaristic, materialistic wealth.
Absolutely. There are way too many people. We these farming techniques we could effectively cut the Earth's human population by 80% through starvation and malnourishment. Who's on board?
@@graham6132 Go away.
Then stop the genocide.
It was lovely meeting you at Sundance Lyla... I am so glad that you were born. We, and all of our relatives, are stronger together, with you in our midst! Thank you for reminding all of us to center with the earth, and that we can be a voice through action or word, for good change... often return to the ancient, and sustainable.
Many years ago an older fellow was teaching a class I was in and said "I have forgotten what you have yet to learn". We do not give our ancestors regardless of where they lived nearly enough credit. Such a wonderful talk. Please continue to share your information and educate a generation that has lost so much knowledge!
From a suburban POV, plant food trees like pecan, peach, apple etc instead of pine or magnolia or ornamental pear. Plant millet in your landscape for the birds. And try to reduce your consumption of goods with excessive waste; drink water instead of soda. And if you live near untouched wild lands like drainage areas, plant a blueberry bush that you dont have to tend.
Pine and magnolia are edible fyi. And more so if you get the a pine that produces good nuts
Suburban POV = White POV? Listen to Lyla June and create your own systems and opinions. It is greater than Blueberry vs. Pine trees though of course that is important.
Blueberries are banned in some places as they are crazy invasive.
@@sylviam6535 Really (genuinely interested)? Where are they banned? in the southeastern US, blueberries are sold at every garden center and it is a struggle to get the bushes to establish. Blackberries are crazy aggressive here. They grew excessively in every ditch, field and wooded area but are very good eating if you are not deterred by the thorns.
@@dedhampster4730 - In Australia, for example, they are banned because bird spread the seeds and it creates a barrier of thorns in many wild areas.
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.
What hope. When she talks in her native language, it gives me chills.
that is ypur fetishization of those other cultures that got u tingling ... it is kinda sickening
Diné is a wonderful language. There is a channel on YT with Elder Wally, and he teaches many words and concepts. 👍
One more reason to give you goosebumps: Dine language actually helped the U.S. during WWII. It was used as a code language and Nazis weren't able to crack it.
@@martavdz4972 we known this for years. Also in Korea, Europe, Africa, Asia, ALL OVER THE GLOBE. White soliders could not match the Navajo warrior in battle. We won many wars for the whiteman, none of them were won by himself.
I am also from tribe of india and believe me she is telling the actual truth of our past. In modern world what people know about us is hunting and just roaming around forests but they don't know how actually we've managed to maintain this earths beauty.
she is native American
@@DavidGarcia-kd2sk but there's similarity between tribes or indigenous peoples of worlds that all they want is to protect mother nature.
Yes! Indigenous Europeans also worked together with nature, from within as part of nature.
yeah! her and vandana Shiva! asé!
Thank you... I've worked with native Americans from my home in Wyoming to your home in 4 corners and not only was your talk probably the most useful I've seen in a while but when you talk about healing our past I cried , I've always thought it was so wrong that your land was taken from you and I've cried about that many times in my life...thank you for your talk
Agreed, there are many Americans who wish to make it right. 🙏🪶
Better than any Sunday sermon could ever hope to be.
I've heard sermons whose message was actually quite similar to this one. But I'm not American. I suppose you're referring to American sermons, evangelical or Presbyterian? Sermons differ vastly depending on country and denomination. I recommend Francis of Assissi.
@@martavdz4972 I didn't ask for a recommendation
"The Earth needs us." How often have I heard, or even said myself, that the Earth would be better off without humans. It is not true. We are as part of Her as are trees, snakes, eagles, grasses, clouds. Lyla June gives us the sacred message of our task. What a soul.
I guess "the world was made for you" is the exact(?) opposite of "you were made for the world."
Same, I’ve bought into the notion that “we shouldn’t be here” but she has made me realise we are meant to be here. I feel more hope than ever before!
Your language is beautiful and so is your messages.
She is truly incredible. Hmong ppl. And natives shared a lot in common.....we hmong also shared the land and spiritually give thanks to what the lands provide us when the land is repected...respected. wow! Amazing.
but you arent giving thanks to the One who Creates it all. you take credit for what HE does. Cain's offering wasnt accepted for that very reason.
@@skinnyway What's your point?
Almost all indigenous people do, across the globe.....
@Ching Vang no. Not at all.
@Ching Vang dí-né. Vowels are heavily emphasized, not like any of Asian origin at all. Yá'át'éeh shídiné nishlį́
so eloquent and passionate. she deserves to lead and make policy.
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.
Wow Lyla June! Brava! I have followed you since 2016 when we were all remembering to speak up and support the Water Is Life movement at Standing Rock and other places.
It has been amazing to watch you blossom into who you were able to give to this audience. You brought tears to my eyes that filled my heart with pride and admiration for you.
As a woman I share an agreement with you about these values. While I have been brought up to value this world somewhat similarly I cannot say that I have more fully understood the intent of the valuing than I did from listening to your presentation.
I am at least twice your age. My life has been spent in service to children and adults with cognitive and speech - language challenges.
Until I heard your presentation today I have been feeling like the world would be better off without me. I thank you for sharing a most important message for us all to remember- it is the systems that need modification!
It is the willingness and openness of each heart to stop making the mistaken choice that we are each here to preserve our lone survival.
Congrats on your great achievement for all of the Dineh people and for us all. Many blessings to you.
I can’t wait to hear more of your discoveries.
Oh my gosh this statement spoke to me so
much that when I read it I big sigh of sorrow was released. Me too. Thank you for saying that you felt this way and how her speech impacted you.
@@sonyacanter9724 thank you for the feedback too. When I came back over to read and reply to your comment I noticed yet one more nuanced thing that doesn’t seem like much but it is one of many small things that seems to hack away at me unless I notice. I’m specifically noting today that the “heart” for when we positively affirm another’s response seems to have been removed.
Lately this social platform (among others) seems so heavily programmed to weed out so much positive and/or supportive nonverbal as well as verbal feedback that we have relied on in interpersonal communication. In addition, as it continues to hack away at the unique and varied perspectives and opinions of individuals that it appears to be a campaign to intentionally or by some odd default is cultivating the compassionate humanity out of us in one way while simultaneously conditioning us all to be less expressive of any feelings, sentiments, emotions that may reflect anything short of “zombie”-like nature. It is why Lyla June’s presentation meant so much.
These words, this woman, and her scholarly work are so powerful, brilliant, beautiful, and necessary. Thank you Lyla June for sharing this wisdom: "Hózhǫ́ is the joy of being a part of the beauty of all creation. When we understand that humanity is an expression of the Earth's beauty, we understand that we too belong. Hózhǫ́ understands that we have an ecological role. Hózhǫ́ understands that our Mother Earth needs us." It is good to see that the Novasutras term agaya has precedent in the deep wisdom of Diné language and culture. Agaya and ubuntu to all! 🙏🌏💚
Who is agaya? We only know naahaasaan naadleehí
She is putting english words and understandings to the natural way indigenous people live. This was there way of life. They did not do these things for the future because it was the right thing to do, it was their way. She is giving the talk to get land back from a conquered people that have refused to assimilate. CRT with the Indians.
it was their way because it was the right thing to do. they were not tricked by fame and fortune of the "real world", their way is living in the actual world.
Part of Eco-system not on top of Eco-system ! 🤝
Not being GREEDY, assisting each other, seeing the sacredness in all ! ☘️🕉
Reverence and gratitude for Gaia! 🙇🏽♂️
Understanding that we all are but one!
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I have faith in humanity because I am wise enough to listen whenever I can and I would like to learn how to be a part of the growing numbers of humans that will need to know where to migrate to because I am a Minnesota born with 3 generations to go back scared human who grew up playing in the woods by a river. I will hope to meet you one day
anyone else cry the whole talk? I resonate in my core with everything she says.
nope maybe seek some therapy for ptsd bro ...
Paul, you’re alright in my book. To see such a simple and beautiful alternative to the way we’ve been conned into living should bring tears to any decent human. Use that energy to motivate yourself to change as Lila recommends and spread this word of hope.
@@animalmake7149 bro, people don’t use that anymore…not since Jersey Shore, K bro?
Be careful, bro’s are the 1st to go next year.
Take no notice of the "dead inside" replies. I agree with you, she is an inspirational and moving speaker. A word of caution though, native Americans like indigenous Australians try to take too much credit for the ways of their ancestors. Rather than wise ancestors looking over their environment and "managing" it in an optimal way, I suspect they were simple tribal types just trying to make a living in the environment they found themselves. And being just another species on the plane and in the food web they fitted right in.
Yep. Blubbin like a baby.
Spectacular delivery! I’m very grateful to this presentation! I’m taking away so much! Implementing tomorrow!
A true woman, a leader and a healer. I am with you Lyla.
I'm from Europe and I see myself as member of the native people of this land. For thousands of years, we too lived in harmony with the land. It was only the last 150 years we deviated from this path. But still in rural areas all around Europe you can see the deep connection between the people and the land. Let us take stewardship for our mother earth and make her a paradise where milk and honey flow, where humans and many other life live in harmony together.
Good talk Lyla June, you spoke well. “Feeding the hand that feeds us”
Why are people surprised that she makes more sense than bureaucrats? Those people don't understand the subject matter (most of them). They are there for the money, a step on the ladder to their next promotion, or for sense of "power." There many sensibly people like her out in the world, but these people simply don't make to the halls where power lies.
My wish is that the President watches this TED Talk.
This is wisdom that'll save mother earth and humanity..May there be healing to all.🛎🎋🌹
"Design for perpetuity!" Now, that's a noble idea!
This is a amazing! I actually listened to the whole thing...
Lyla June, that was an absolute spinetingling presentation. The ancient knowledge you have shared certainly filled me with hope for the future. I hope enough people hear your powerful and wise words. You are so beautiful.
Spinetingling is an appropriate word to describe her deeply felt & well-shared message ❤
Gracias Maestra! Thank You Teacher. You made me cry because I've been restoring and rewilding for 20 years now and I understood every word you're saying. Saludos desde México.
Thank you.
I can't tell you how many times I've clicked on a ted talk and thought "I can totally watch this without getting emotional." only to fail miserably. This video was no exception.
I loved this. I'm rather tired of seeing us fight against anything and everything, even within. When there are so many instances where unity is a real option.
Agreed, we each hold pieces of the puzzle, together.
A few years ago, after experiencing unity with ancient wisdom, I stated that the origin of the word “woman” is “wise one”. Nobody took me seriously. Thank you Lyla June. You validate what I know to be true. Respect and kindness 🙏🏼
We should revisit
the ancient practice of only women voting for their male leaders. Or some
Version thereof. We need more strong but sensitive empathic leadership.
"Woman" comes from "Wif-Man"; it litteraly just means "female person," "man" meaning person.
A rare kind of Simp
@@bryanl1984 Yes it does, though words for witch may very well be connected to wisdom or bending.
ur seriously mentally ill
I m simply simply floored by this girl's honest talk. Thank you Laila. God bless you. May your come true. Instead of flying to the moon and polluting the space, it's time we make our earth a better place to live.
I kept looking for options to “like” this harder. One “like” is not enough for this talk. ♥️🙏
lyla june '28!
Fantastic and inspiring! What Lyla June describes is at once elegant, holistic, simple, and deep. Her words, as others have said, are clear and power and I hope we can all choose to become "active agents" as part of this planet.
Humanity in action. We should vote for Lyla to run the country.
lyla june '28! that,s what I answer when they ask, "tRump or genocide joe?"
Your information gives me tears. Thank you very much. One Man Greed is the 1st sign of catastrophic. Just to move forward we need to rewrite the histories. The lost wisdoms of thousands years time tested records.
Let your wonderful message spread throughout every corners of the world now. Let us spread this message of love.
Such a well spoken person, notice she doesn't have to resort to yelling and theatrics because she speaks the truth. We need more people like her making decisions for our planet.
Human expression isn't lesser for being louder. Check your respectability politick.
I wish the whole would hear this over… and over … and over again. Maybe we would all listen and make that change. Thank you for your words of ancient wisdom
I feel so happy hearing this. We should be working a cultivators of all life on earth and not extractors of value. Amazing talk, Lyla! Such a powerful speaker.
Thaks Lyla June! I am totally on board with you. The Earth needs us, and we belong!! Thank you!!!
lyla june '28! leaving "real world" station to actual world! AAAALL Aboard!
This woman is incredible, she spoke the truth in such a way that we cannot deny it. We have a gift in our Earth, we are a gift to our Earth, we should all be living and work together. This was one of the most inspirational Ted Talks I've ever watched, thank you.
we are no gift... much more akin to a curse.. but keep your human centered delusion
one of the best ted talks, my grandfather was Pueblo claiming he was Anasazi before he died but pretended to be Mexican for fear of the government in his time torturing him or trying to imprison him
It makes me happy that someone is talking about this. Thank you.
That's the mentality, simple language, simple explanation that doesn't need to impress anyone. Yet the wisest solutions, because that's how this planet works.
I cried throughout almost the whole video. So true and besutiful. We are of worth and it‘s all one. Im stunned by this. Thank you so so much.
Pretty sure this is the first one I've ever cried throughout. And not for no reason. Take care kindred.
The world needs leaders like this in these troubled times.Respect from Wales 🏴
I have been lucky enough to meet a few Dinéh people in Big Mountain, Arizona. We have indeed celebrated life together a few times. I miss those days of singing and dancing.
June is spot on, the ways of the elders would be helpful at this time we are all sharing.
The fact that this beautiful, powerful talk is interrupted by ads (in this case, for a "clean" fuel cell single occupancy vehicle) says everything about the systems that Lyla June referenced as needing to go extinct.
Layla June! What a speech. How elegantly spoke as if I were listening to spoken word poetry. THANK YOU. May Allah bless you, your nation and above all your people.
Native peoples are always the smartest and wisest people that we desperately need to listen to more. From aboriginal australia to the pre-columbian americas, these people knew how to work with absolutely everything nature gave and made with it much more abundance than modern agriculture could ever achieve in 2023.
What a beautiful message. We are born to be a part of this earth and we can cultivate a solution to some of our current challenges that better serves the future of the planet. Brilliant. I wish more of the billionaires of the world would put their funds toward this type of mission as apposed to attempting to colonize Mars! This is a better strategy for all.
Well, I think now that we're here for more purposes than we thought. All mostly have been pinpointed by Mrs Lyla June. Humans moving forward with wisdoms ( techno or not ) like what have been mentioned there would surely long retain life here on Earth and in this Universe.
Beautiful concept, content and execution. We need this wisdom, not the greed of our current crop of corporate meatpuppets. So many similarities with Australian first nations practices. Thank you for this Lyla. Amazing.
It’s such a serene feeling to listen to her speech.
And her motive exceptionally heart warming.
Thank you Lyla June for your teachings and powerful words and acts ! I am moved so deeply by this word "Hozho"and the meanings of it that you tought me in another talk of yours which i received deep in my heart... 💚Thank you !
Blessings from France 🙏
This moved me. Thank you Lyla, so very much. I shared this to everyone I could. Blessings and success for you, your family and people, and this message.
Thank you
I respect so much that she is asserting her native identity
जैसे ये अपनी मूल पहचान को अपने साथ रख कर व उससे सीख कर दुनिया को ज्ञान दे रहीं हैं, मैं, उसकी बहुत सम्मान करता हूँ..
The only way.
Having watched the first 15 minutes sacred sister is quite right...we are an integral part of this symbiotic biosphere.
I have connected with land, water, spirit and the sky at different times with remarkable results.
The eighth fire is within my heart...blessings Di ne.
Absolutely awe inspiring and so beautifully put. Ancient ways that worked, the western world stuffed things up through greed. More people like her please!! ❤
What she describes in those few minutes is what I have sometimes believed to be part of our purpose not to use nature but to be it’s guardian, we have a gift of being human and in my mind we have a unique position of either being able to preserve the planet for the good of everything on it, or we can take from it and be it’s doom
Amazing job Lyla June! You are such a shining, bright representative for your tribe and for our community of Taos, NM! Great talk, so pertinent and eloquent. Congratulations!
This touched me on a spiritual level on how to run my business. Thank you will never be enough.
So beautiful! Thank you! We will aim to spread your words and wisdom through the videos on our channel!!
Best TED talk ever. Brought tears.
lyla june '28! inauguration dances right on the earth!
That was the absolute best explanation of finding solutions to live with a goal to protect what we were given. We should all be onboard, solve what was wrong, a new direction to a healthy planet. Thank you, run for congress,you have my vote!
1. Tap into and align with the forces of nature.
2. Intentional habitat expansion.
3. Create non-human-centric systems.
4. Design for perpetuity.
sure, But for navajo society it's less straight forward. She is just a marketer for our internal interests, she's not actually voices what our plans intend for the people.
But she expresses with full depth, and with the teaching that have guided her, her whole life.
@firdosvohra4315, thank you. I repeated some of this, but not as succinctly. Thank you for printing the base we will build on.
live in our actual world, instead of, "the real world",
This is one of the best presentations I have heard. It is true. It is wise. It is kind. We all need to learn this and live this. Thank you for your compassionate message. I hear you. I see you.
Much needed video! Humans need to recognize that we are not separate from other life, we are necessary for the continuation of life.
I love this so much!! Healing and hope, all at once!! ❤️❤️❤️
A purposeful presentation teaching history and connecting us spiritually to Mother Earth and each other. Continue to teach!
I believe that humans are meant to be here, the earth is home. In some books, like Braiding Sweet Grass and The Mother Tree , It also adds obvious benefits humans have on using older trees and how that makes the newer trees grow back strong & virtually blemish-less. Thank you for this talk, it all rings true.
This brought me to tears. She's so right. I am also studying in the vein of environmental anthropology/ sustainability/ land management in college, so I hope to make a difference with this in the future. An incredibly important talk that needs to be spread to the masses like wildfire. Will be sharing this with my family and friends.
Deepest gratitude for the absolute truth of what has happened and possible change that will heal all of us (human beings and non "2-leggeds) in the face of catastrophic events that are and will happen.
Wow! Lyla June is an articulate and compassionate speaker. I enjoyed her TedX talk content. This furthers my desire to live in this manner working with nature. Thank you.
Thank you so much, Lyla. Your words brought tears of joy to my eyes. You have confirmed my own understanding of humanity's place in the world.
Same. My tears caught me by surprise, it's like my heart heard the words it has been screaming in silence for so long.
@@stratify9704 I had the strange experience of being moved to tears by her speaking in a language I have never heard, words that were unintelligible to me. I played it again and again and the sound resonated with my heart, bringing tears each time.
Such a good energy comes from that woman❤️
I can feel the love coming from her, makes me want to tell all who read my comment that I love you all. 😍
As my family and I consider Colorado to move to, to farm and to be of service, this discussion fills spaces in my heart. I have been blessed. May the Great Goddess bless Lyla June and all the work she brings forth
Just be careful where your putting temples. We don't just have problems with white people
I'm going to cry, maybe this is what I needed to hear 😭🥲
I'd like to learn more from this lady. Great ideas, but like she said, this is old knowledge. It should be shared and adhered to.
I have watched this over and over and shared with friends of all ages. So much wisdom in one short talk. Dr. Lyla June...you have some serious goodness in your heart and soul. Thank you for your commitment to this work and your skilled sharing.
Thank you Lyla! Listening to you touched me deeply. You are truly amazing and powerfull, bringing the message of solutions and hope. I have deep respect for you and how you can bring this to the world and the people here, with the openness and willingness of support in this constructive and positive way, after all what has happned to your people and most indigenious people. Certainly it is about time to return the stolen land.
dear diné lady, thank you so much for your message of hope. i know in my heart and soul that what you just said is true wisdom and pure love - and i know that this wisdom and love for the earth and her creatures, of peoples like yours, will save us. since i was a kid, i'm longing for a world like the one you just described and sometimes i'm dreaming of you.
I completely agree with her why are we separated from our originality. We know the pain of being abundant. Let’s keep and preserve all the ancient cultures as is without interference of current economic myth. Thanks a million
Amazing.
Alive for the love of all beings - live in harmony
I’m only 4 minutes into your talk and know I want to be a part of the solution. I study (hobby) regenerative agriculture and Permiculture. I would love to learn this from you and your family that have done this for thousands of years. I love this message so much!!!