Led by Indigenous drag artists Lady Shug and Landa Lakes and featuring local artists from the region of New Mexico reservation, the LaLa Land Back tour is a continually evolving, collaborative, multi-media love letter to the Indigiqueer community. Featured on HBO’s We’re Here, Diné drag artist Lady Shug supports border towns and communities within and alongside their reservation through the #ShugChallenge mutual aid program. Landa Lakes is a Chickasaw writer, musician, activist, artist, and founder of several drag performance groups in San Francisco, including the Brush Arbor Gurlz and House of Glitter.

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About the Performers

Lady Shug is an Indigenous drag artist from and living on the largest reservation of the Diné (Navajo) Nation. In and out of drag, Shug uses both voices to challenge and make change for inclusion, acceptance, decolonization – always within the frame of indigenous resistance. Shug worked alongside many grass root groups helping with indigenous resistance – a particular stand-out being the Taala Hooghan Infoshop in Flagstaff, AZ, where Shug gained the skills necessary to organize in the Farmington, NM area – and from this work, the #ShugChallenge was born. The #ShugChallenge is a mutual aid program that supports the border towns and communities within and alongside their reservation – relatives and folks who are forgotten in the main spectrum of living can find services and support through the #ShugChallenge. Lady Shug was featured on an episode of HBO’s “We’re Here” and frequently collaborates with Landa Lakes.

Landa Lakes is a Chickasaw writer, musician, activist and artist. As drag persona Landa Lakes, in 2005, she founded drag performance groups in San Francisco including the Two-Spirit Native American drag troupe, the Brush Arbor Gurlz, and the creative and campy House of Glitter. She is also the Westcoast Mother of the Vogue House of Lauren, International, and is the recipient of the national pageant title Jewel of the Galaxy. Landa uses art to combine contemporary ideas with Native history and traditional stories to convey the shared experiences and understanding of human nature outside the colonized Christian perspective. Her notable honors include the New York Fresh Fruit Festival Performance Award, KQED LGBT Local Hero Award, and she was publicly elected as Grand Duchess 36 of the Grand Ducal Council of San Francisco, a non-profit organization of which she is now the president. Thomas served as Co-Chair to the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAIT-S), is on the Board of the BAAIT-S Two-Spirit Powwow, and co-founded the Weaving Spirits Native Art Festival.

Katie K. Bouvier Is an Indigenous drag artist from the Pueblos of Laguna & Acoma. Some of their work include, being a cast member & a co-producer for Hash N Lash, current MX NM Pride & being featured in a music video produced by the Fronteristxs. Katie has raised & continues to raise money for the Red Nation Movement, helping with their #NoDeadNative campaign.

About the Tour

The LaLa Land Back Tour welcomes Indigenous, queer, Two-Spirit, and trans artists into theaters, museums, and community centers – venues where these voices have been historically excluded – and offers education alongside compassion for those who are curious about but uninitiated on the topic of intersectionality. The LaLa Land Back Tour delivers two accessible and exuberant experiences for all audiences, from the youngest members of our communities, to the young-at-heart at the LaLa Land Back Tour Indigenous Show.