Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde

Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde is a Kanienke’haka woman from Kahnawake. For the past 14 years she has been a grateful, active and contributing guest on Lekwungen territory, Victoria, BC. She holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts and a Master of Arts in the Indigenous Communities Counseling Psychology Program from the University of Victoria. She is currently enrolled in a PHD in Applied Theatre at UVIC. Her areas of research are contemporary and traditional Indigenous art, Indigenous performance practices, expressive arts therapy examining decolonial methodologies in art. Her artistic practice focuses on Indigenous theatre, land-based/site-specific performance art, collaborative practice, cultural resurgence and social/political activism through the arts and healing. Her artistic media includes land- based photography, performance/theatre,movement/dance and visual studio arts. 

Previously held positions include the first Indigenous Artist in Residence for the City of Victoria 2017-2019; co- facilitator for the collaborative project Achord; visionary/facilitator for both Indigenous Symposiums, Performance as Medicine, and Making as Medicine; creative vision/co-facilitator/community engagement for both Indigenous showcases Pendulum 2018, Supernova 2019, and directed the third cultural performance Bury the Hatchet 2022, at the Belfry Theatre; founder & Artistic Director for the Visible Bodies Collective; dance residency recipient at Dance Victoria 2020-2022; director for the film Mother: embodied earth  performances; co- founder and Artistic Director for the Culture Den Society.