Elder Bill Jones' life spans the spiritual and emotional devastation of the cultural genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada. From a childhood and early adulthood on the Pacheedaht First Nation reservation navigating the fall out of trauma from the residential school system, to the racism he experienced working in the colonized world, he became a ʔuustaqyu through his own spiritual awakening and is a holder of First Nations traditions and ritual. He lives in Sooke, BC.