Rita Fenton is working on ways to make the tipi at her Thunder Bay home permanent and accessible to help those in need
The day after the Nov. 5 grand opening of a 26-foot tipi in Rita Fenton’s backyard in Fort William First Nation, a family of eight showed up to her door looking to have a sacred fire for family members who had recently passed.
“It says, ‘I’m living in this big house, a lot of people are coming to it and it’s called The Healing Place,’” she said from her home, which sits below the majestic Anemki Wajiw – the Anishinaabe name for Mount McKay. “It’s very sacred and it’s powerful, and it’s strong because it’s rock – the grandfather and our ancestors,” she said. “There’s many teachings and many stories about Anemki Wajiw, and to have it in my backyard, it’s just like, I’m blessed. Creator brought me here.” In that room, for the last three years she has run her private counselling practice, after she relocated from downtown Thunder Bay.
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