Dr. Lyla June Johnston (aka 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 across the globe towards personal, collective, and ecological healing. She 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. Her doctoral research focused on the ways in which pre-colonial Indigenous Nations shaped large regions of Turtle Island (aka the Americas) to produce abundant food systems for humans and non-humans.

I am curious what you need from us in order for Lyla to receive her honorarium for her time with you. Will you be giving her a check at the time of the performance? I’d like to give you the necessary details now, so that it is easy for everyone to move forward. Please remind me of the amount so that I can track that for our records. I know Lyla discussed that with your team directly, and I would like to add it to our files.