We at FNPA are uniquely committed to visioning and action, with and for Indigenous performing artists, in service to the following:

a) aligning and making visible the entire Indigenous field of performance practice in what is currently called the US including Indigenous artists, Indigenous arts workers, organizations, and collectives;

b) prioritizing the work of institutional decolonization in the contemporary performance field;

c) readying the US-based Indigenous performing arts sector to be a true global partner with our allies and kin in what is currently called Canada and Australia, as well as Aotearoa (NZ), and elsewhere–areas where robust infrastructures for development, convening, research, commissioning and international touring in support of Indigenous artists already exist, as well as government and public acknowledgement of settler violence;

d) readying the so-called US-based, Indigenous performing arts sector to be a true global partner in areas of the world where, as is such currently in the US – there is no current infrastructure for development, convening, research, commissioning, and international touring in support of Indigenous artists, nor a government or public acknowledgement of settler violence and reparations work; and,

e) uniquely focusing on building local and international touring, commissioning, and residency support for Indigenous artists in a way not currently addressed by our partners and collaborators indicated above.