Moccasin Souls, a haunting memoir follows AaSheeNii / Good Spirit, a hopeful Trickster with a burning desire for change and growth, as they set off on their path into the world of the InNiNeWak/human beings. Selected by a council of Sacred Beings, AaSheeNii makes their way into the world of the living on AsKi / Earth. AaSheeNii is birthed to an IsKwew / Cree woman in the early 70s in what is now called Northern Ontario, the ancestral lands of the MoshKeKoWok. AaSheeNii's human journey into adulthood is not an easy one, as they try to not only understand who they are as an IsKwew, but also understand their birth mother's residential school trauma. Moccasin Souls begins and ends in the spirit realm - respectfully weaving together spirit and the lived experience of a daughter of a residential school warrior. This is the world of AaSheeNii - an InNiNew haunted by a past that is not their own. A tender and powerful story about healing, injustice and hope, a story with the hopes to support other warriors and their families in understanding their own intergenerational resilience and survivance.

Jules Koostachin, owner of VisJuelles Productions Inc., is Cree from Attawapiskat and a PhD candidate with the Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at UBC. She carries extensive experience working in Indigenous community in varying capacities such as counseling, consulting, teaching and management. Jules, also known as a storyteller and digital media maker, works to honour cultural protocols and build relationships within Indigenous community through her media arts practice. Her artistic endeavours are informed by her experience living with her Cree grandparents in northern Ontario. With an energetic and fun onstage presence, Jules presents poetry readings, storytelling, and educational presentations which use her media work to educate on Indigenous realities.

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