Native Earth Performing Arts and manidoons collective will present the anticipated return of White Girls in Moccasins by Yolanda Bonnell to Tkarón:to, March 22-April 12, 2026 at Aki Studio, following the premiere production at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in 2022. White Girls in Moccasins is a love letter to brown kids born in the 80s, surviving in the 90s, and all those continuing to deeply reclaim.

White Girls in Moccasins is a hilarious and poignant reclamation story that world-hops between dreams, memories, and a surreal game show. Miskozi recounts her life and is forced to grapple with her own truth, while existing in a society steeped in white supremacy.

Co-directed by Yolanda Bonnell and Carmen Alvis, White Girls in Moccasins will feature the debut of Katia Ferderber as Miskozi, and the return of Ravyn Wngz as Ziibi, and Elizabeth Staples as Waabishkizi. The White Girls in Moccasins team includes the original creatives with re-invisioned designs including Set Designer & Video Co-Designer Trevor Schwellnus, Animation and Video Co-Designer Rihkee Strapp, Lighting Designer Echo Zhou, Costume Co-Designers Rachel Forbes and Aslı Ozuak, and Sound Designer & Composer Maddie Bautista.

“I started writing White Girls in Moccasins as a response to my own internalized racism, removal of culture and experiences of being inundated and harmed by white supremacy. I felt lost and fraudulent and as I began to find the road, I started writing about it. And as it turns out, this is a common experience for many Indigenous folks here on occupied Turtle Island,” said Yolanda Bonnell. “White Girls in Moccasins isn’t just my story. It’s the story of so many of us who were caught up in this colonial storm and are just trying to find our way back to the ground - to the land where we belong.”

In White Girls in Moccasins Miskozi is searching for something…

There’s something missing. And she’s not sure what it is.

She goes on a search for herself and her culture, accompanied by her inner white girl, Waabishkizi, and guided by Ziibi, a manifestation of an ancestral river, both provoking her to try and find the answers.

She begins the journey back before she was even born, right at the seeds of colonization when her ancestors were forced to hide their culture anywhere they could.

Burying their language. Their teachings. Their bundles. Their moccasins.

“White Girls in Moccasins is a deep introspective reflection across time about what it means to be an Indigenous woman or women of colour living in a white supremacist society.” — Erica Commanda (Muskrat Magazine)

“... this is the show that has best understood the possibilities and the potential of the art form. This is theatre as ceremony, as ritual.” — Glenn Sumi (NOW Magazine)

Native Earth Performing Arts is Canada’s oldest professional Indigenous theatre company. Currently in its 43rd season, Native Earth is dedicated to nurturing Indigenous storytelling. We develop, produce and present Indigenous art. We champion talent. According to the Seven Sacred Teachings, we do what we do and fulfill our purpose with truth, wisdom, love, respect, bravery, honesty, and humility. nativeearth.ca

manidoons collective is a circle of artists creating Indigenous performance.

The artistic leadership includes Yolanda Bonnell (Ojibwe-South Asian) and Carmen Alvis (Métis) both based in Tkarón:to. manidoons collective recognizes the importance of collaborating with Indigenous communities, specifically Indigenous women, 2-Spirit, trans and non-binary storytellers. manidoons.com

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White Girls in Moccasins

presented by Native Earth Performing Arts in partnership with manidoons collective

March 22-April 12, 2026

7:30pm nightly, 2pm on Sundays

Aki Studio, 585 Dundas Street East, #120

Tickets are $20-65

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For Indigenous Group rates, email boxoffice@nativeearth.ca