A podcast about centering and honoring our relationship with water through the care and leadership of Indigenous matriarchs.
Above: The cover art for Listening to the Ripples podcast. The background is the sky blanketed across my homeland, the Navajo Nation, with drawings representing the river and the life that follows the river because tó’ éí ‘iiná até (water is life in Diné). The blue color font alludes to the symbolic color for water and the reflection of the sky. The brown front illustrates the realistic cover of the river in the desert; I grew up only knowing brown rivers. Credit: tylee nez.
Join host, tylee nez, to explore the communities, climate, hydrology, and history of the Colorado River Basin through a new podcast, Listening to the Ripples, featuring Indigenous matriarchs living in the basin and advocating for water sovereignty.
We will be listening and learning from diverse Indigenous matriarchs across various professions and generations to develop a comprehensive understanding of the Basin — a multigenerational approach that centers Indigenous wisdom and stewardship.
Listen to the Introductory episode here:
Read the transcript here: Read transcript.
New episodes will be published monthly on SoundCloud and Apple Podcasts.
Our first guest will be Kirin Vicenti-Lacapa from the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Kirin is a talented musician and a Water Commissioner for the Jicarilla Apache Nation.
Stay tuned for the next episode.
More information
To learn more about the Colorado River Basin Federally Recognized Tribes, please visit: https://www.waterandtribes.org/resources
For a more in-depth map of the Colorado River Basin with Tribal nations reservation lands, cities and towns, water users, and water infrastructure, please view: Mountain to Sea – The History and Future of the Colorado River
tylee nez is water protector, storyteller, youth leader, and artist from the high deserts of the Navajo and Hopi lands, within Lower Colorado River Basin. tylee is a founding member of the Colorado River Indigenous Youth Advisory Council (CRIYAC), 2026 Young Climate Leader of Color (YCLC) Fellow, member of Indigenous Women’s Leadership Network (IWLN), and holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Tufts University.