The Wilderness and Wellness Podcast
This podcast explores outdoor skills and the healing power of the natural world through the eyes of individuals who interact with it, including bushcrafters, naturalists, wildlife trackers, hunters and fishermen, homesteaders, bird enthusiasts, herbalists, indigenous people, academic researchers and more. This podcast is for anyone who has an appreciation for the outdoors, the skills necessary to live and travel in it comfortably and safely, and the ways that the natural world can benefit people who are looking to reconnect with nature, community, and themselves.
The Wilderness and Wellness Podcast
Angel Tadytin: Navajo guide empowering women through hikes on Navajoland
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Ron Waline / Angel Tadytin
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Season 1
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Episode 7
In this episode I speak with Angel Tadytin, Navajo ambassador for “Women Who Hike”, social worker, and promoter of Navajo Culture and women’s empowerment through her work as a hiking guide on Navajoland. We discuss indigenous land rights, the importance of indigenous ties to the land, and Angel’s role as a social worker and her thoughts on the healing effects of nature for people’s mental health.
Angel Tadytin's Instagram Page
Faces of the Canyon Video featuring Angel (by Teva)
Book Suggestions for Navajo Legends, History, and Lore:
Diné Bahane': The Navajo Creation Story
Diné: A History of the Navajos
Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology