The Power of the Buffalo: CEO Lucille Contreras Featured on HEALGEN Podcast
We’re honored to share that our Founder and CEO, Lucille R. Contreras, was recently featured on the HEALGEN Podcast, a platform dedicated to elevating voices leading the way in Indigenous health, land stewardship, and intergenerational healing.
In this powerful conversation, Lucille explores:
The spiritual and ecological importance of the buffalo to Indigenous peoples of the Southern Plains
The founding story of The Texas Tribal Buffalo Project
How Yélders is reclaiming ancestral knowledge, supporting Native women in ranching, and restoring Indigenous food systems
What healing looks like through kinship, land, and language
A vision for the next generation of Indigenous leaders and caretakers of the Earth
Lucille’s work centers Indigenous identity, traditional foodways, and the revitalization of community through relationship with the land. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in food sovereignty, Native-led conservation, and the resurgence of Indigenous women in agriculture.
About Yélders:
Yélders is a Native-led nonprofit rooted in land-based healing, buffalo restoration, and the empowerment of Indigenous women ranchers. We work to restore Indigenous food systems, uplift traditional ecological knowledge, and build networks of kinship through story, stewardship, and sovereignty.
