Earl is Southern Tutchone and Tagish Kwan. He was raised in equal parts here in Whitehorse, and in the Champagne and Klukshu areas. He began learning his language from whomever and whenever he could, starting in the mid eighties, and recently took a 2-year Southern Tutchone language immersion course.

Image by Vince Fedoroff

Roreigh Eftoda (she/her), Métis/Cree-Celtic born in Northern Alberta Nistawâyâwis, is a credited actor, theatre maker, storyteller and burlesque performer living in Whitehorse, Yukon. Acknowledging she benefits from living, working, creating and healing on the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and Ta’an Kwäch’än Council.

Roreigh got her start in theatre in 2004, when she moved to Nanaimo, B.C. Taking acting classes with Bailey Studio, she made props and performed with the Nanaimo Theatre Group. In the Yukon, Roreigh did properties at The Guild Hall. Later, she landed a background role on an episode of Northern Town produced by Tagish Lake Film Inc/CBC. Then a feature role in Polaris produced by Little Dipper Films Inc.

Participating in Gwaandak Theatre’s Quick n’ Dirty Residency and Digital Cabaret in 2021 and 2022 as Roz Rouge. In March of 2022, Roz Rouge performed her first live burlesque act. Roz Rouge has performed at multiple venues in the Yukon and Vancouver Island. Recently Roz had stage managed Boolesque at the Yukon Art Centre and taken workshops with world renowned burlesque performer Bettie Bombshell. Roz is currently taking Burlesque101 with Babes in the Bush.

In the summers of 2022, 2024 and 2025, Roreigh travelled with Gwaandak Theatre for the Indigenous Summer Readings. Roreigh was the Festival Director for Awaken 2024 and The Deadly Festival Auntie, Awaken 2025. Roreigh recently performed at Native Earth Festival and developed a play in Toronto, Ontario as part of Gwaandak Theatre’s Indigenous Summer Play Readings series.

Kailen is a multi-disciplinary artist and storyteller. Inspired by the land and stories of his ancestors, he works in graphic media such as drawing and analog photography to portray historic and emerging Yukon First Nation stories. Kailen is a Wolf Clan and Daklaweidí member of Kwanlin Dün First Nation. He carries the name of his great great grandfather Kanéł’ - Chief Billy Smith.

Lasänmą (Mariah MacDonald) was raised in Haines Junction, Yukon and is a member of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nation. Lasänmą grew up in Haines Junction & Whitehorse. She moved to Vancouver in 2021 for education, & moved back home to the Yukon in 2025. Lasänmą has always been interested in storytelling, looking to find ways to tell story through artwork, beading, & writing. Her work is inspired by her Indigenous background, often looking towards home for inspiration. Her first published work of poems, Spruce to Cedar, is set to be published by Brick Books on March 31, 2026.

Sharon Shorty is from the Tlingit, Northern Tutchone and Norwegian People. Sharon is from the Raven Clan and was raised with the storytelling tradition of her southern Yukon community. Her grandmothers taught her storytelling using traditional mentorship/apprentice techniques.

As a result, she likes nothing more than to share stories in various genres. Her popular character "Grandma Susie" tells the old stories as well as her adventures with Colonel Sanders and trips to New York City.As a playwright, her stories reflect her people. In Trickster Visits the Old Folks Home, an elder is moved to a nursing home, against her will. She has appeared on APTN, CBC, and CTV. 

 In 2012, on Canada Day,she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and im 2025 she received the King Charles III Coronation medal for significant public service to the Yukon and Canada alike. 

Sharon is an award winning actor  and Storyteller And more importantly, Sharon is an award-winning Bannock-Maker! Gramma Susie's character as represented by her avatar can now be seen at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Sharon worked as Regina's first Aboriginal Storyteller-in-Residence and was at Vancouver Public Library as the Aboriginal Storyteller in Residence in  2015.

Sharon was Speaker of Teslin Tlingit Council. She also tells traditional stories and teaches about her culture. Sharon now lives in her home territory with her family.

For over 20 years the Whitehorse Aboriginal Women’s Circle has been supporting the work of Indigenous artists. This includes the encouragement of entrepreneurship through the teaching, showcasing, and selling of visual art, and by creating spaces where storytelling and language is shared and celebrated.