In this episode of Notes From America, Navajo hiking guide Angel Tadytin and I discuss her deep connection with the land of red sand and deep canyons. She explains why walking in national parks makes her both upset and grateful, what differs hiking with a women group from hiking with men, and what we all can do to help keep the most beautiful U.S. landscapes, well, beautiful.

This is part 1 of a mini series about the Great American Outdoors. We recorded the interview in early September.

Guest:

Angel Tadytin, Navajo woman, hiking guide, social worker and founder of the Instagram group Adventurous Natives.https://www.instagram.com/adventurousnatives/
See photos from Angel’s latest hikes on her Instagram profile. https://www.instagram.com/aatadytin/
She is also an ambassador for Women Who Hike. https://www.womenwhohike.com/

Useful links:

If you want to learn more about how to do a land recognition (aka land acknowledgement), look at these tips based on a panel discussion hosted by the Native Governance Center and the Lower Phalen Creek Project in 2019:

https://nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/