Originally from Treaty 4 territory Saskatchewan, Jeanette Kotowich creates work that reflects Nêhiyaw/Métis cosmology within the context of Indigenous performance, Indigenous futurism, and contemporary dance. Her creations have been presented at theatres and festivals across so-called “Canada,” including Kwê at Matriarchs Uprising and The Dance Centre’s Dance in Vancouver. In the summer of 2020, she conducted land-based research in her home province of Saskatchewan, fusing interdisciplinary collaboration, de-colonial practices and embodied research towards the creation and premiere of Kisiskâciwan in fall of 2022, which toured to Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, and Australia. Jeanette is Artistic Associate at Raven Spirit Dance, and co-founder of aka, a newly formed collective. She resides as a guest on the Ancestral and unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Səl ilw̓ ətaʔɬ/, and Xwməθkwəy̓ əm territories, colonially known as Vancouver.