Most of our work and engagement takes place in amiskwaciwâskahikan, within Treaty 6 territory and Métis homeland, a traditional gathering place for many Indigenous peoples, including the Nêhiyaw (Cree), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Métis, Nakoda (Stoney), Dene, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Anishinaabe (Ojibway/Saulteaux), and Inuit.

At Tipi Confessions, decolonizing sexuality and gender through storytelling means disrupting colonial binaries and imposed categories: on our bodies, our relationships, and the land. It means reclaiming body sovereignty, reconnecting to land, restoring Indigenous governance systems, addressing the harms of colonial policies, and uplifting kinship-based models of care, consent, and justice.

Before colonization, many Indigenous nations honored and respected diverse sexualities and gender roles, grounded in place-based languages, laws, and creation stories. Sex, pleasure, and desire were not shamed, they were integral parts of the human experience, intimately woven into everyday life and spiritual practice.

Our work is grounded in Indigenous knowledges and practices that are relational, dynamic, and place-based.

When we host shows locally, we continue to nurture kinship relationships within amiskwaciwâskahikan and support anti-colonial and Indigenous-led movements for sexual and gender sovereignty.

When we travel to other territories, we commit to learning from the lands and the peoples who host us, to understand their histories, laws, languages, and knowledge systems. We strive to be good visitors, respectful relatives, and accountable storytellers.

Our stories are not only grounded in place; they are interwoven through time - the immediate, the historical, and the cyclical. Each performance, each gathering, is an act of connection, grounded in land, accountable to our ancestors, and in service of our shared and sovereign collective futures.