According to band leader Ed Kabotie, Tha 'Yoties "bring awareness to the issues and cultures of tribes on the Colorado Plateau" by performing "reggae and classic rock, with an upbeat, danceable style."
[1] The band's music addresses such topics as the pollution of Navajo lands by abandoned uranium mines, the protection of cultural sites, and the colonization of the Americas.
His work addresses topics of "spirituality, cultural achievements, and social injustices including arsenic contaminations and water depletion.
[12] Musicians included band leader, Tewa and Hopi singer/songwriter Ed Kabotie; Dine/Dakota flautist Hunter Eagleman RedDay; Dine/Apache singer/songwriter Sage Bond from Red Lake on the Navajo Nation; Andrew Baker on drums; and Alec Tippett on lead guitar.
Other performers were singer and flutist Ryon Polequaptewa; seven-time world champion hoop dancer, Derrick Davis (Hopi/Choctaw); and Havasupai traditional songs led by elders and a special Supai delegation including Red Rock Foundation president Carletta Tilousi.