Rising Thunder Healing Indigenous Experience

Immersive Experience
Immerse yourself in woods, stars and dances of the ancestors as the Aurora Borealis may shimmer and glow overhead, next to Canada's first dark sky community of Bon Accord.

Geodesic domes with amazing sky views are available. This 2 hour experience will find you strolling through our 20-acre National Healing Forest woodlands, sweetgrass and sage meadows, and the three sister's corn, pumpkin and bean gardens, working together in harmony on a guided tour where you will discover the Seven Teachings of the Grandfathers.

Indigenous Ways
Learn about the indigenous way of life, the land and spirit animals, as you immerse in landbased learning through a millennium of storytelling, with the guidance, Bill Bertschy and his collective, including visiting Farmer Tam. Experience a new way of being on the land as you shift your life and world perspective. Learn how to acknowledge the ancestors, and appreciate sacred plants and spaces as you wander through the Parkland Boreal Forest on the farm, then into the tipi in the woods, where you will enjoy locally sourced charcuterie & taste wild-apple and cranberry preserves with bannock and mint tea, while you learn how to braid sweetgrass, or bundle sage to take home.

Wildlife
Wildlife in the forest includes moose, deer, bear, raven, hawks, coyote, beaver, birds. The farm is directly under the flight path of migratory birds such as the sandhill crane, snow geese, Canada geese, trumpeter and tundra swans during spring and fall.

Canada's National Healing Forest
Bill Bertschy, of the Standing Bear Clan who hails originally from the Cedar Forests of the Salish Nation, and Farmer, Tam Andersen are the champions of this Healing Forest, where trails meander through the trees to share the Seven Grandfather Teachings on Totem Poles carved by Bill Bertschy. Their efforts have resulted in the first Healing Forest to be created in Alberta on private land as a tangible action towards Truth and Reconciliation.