Biigtigong Nishnaabeg

Site: Biidaaban Healing Lodge

Service: Healing Lodge

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Record #: TBY0506 Last Modified: 28 Jan 2019 Last Full Update: 20 Aug 2018
Description & Services
Public Comments Able to offer the following programs when enough program participants have been identified: 
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics 
  • Compulsive Overeating 
  • Self-Parenting
Description (Service)
  • Operates a 12 unit residential treatment facility 
  • Provides treatment over a 10 day period
 
Offers the following programs on a rotational basis:
 
Anger Management  
  • Provides a comprehensive understanding of the stages and cycles of anger, how it impacts lives, and tools for dealing with anger 
  • Offers individual counselling 
  • Teaches skills and techniques for dealing with their anger
 
Grief and Abandonment 
  • Provides a comprehensive understanding of the stages and cycles of grief, how grief and loss have impacted lives, and tools for dealing with grief 
  • Offers individual counselling 
  • Provides peer support 
  • Offers group therapy
 
Sexual Abuse Survivors Program 
  • Provide a safe, supportive environment to examine the impact sexual abuse, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually 
  • Assists with prioritizing issues into an actionable plan as it relates to the holistic healing model 
  • Provides individual counselling 
  • Offers peer support 
  • Offers group therapy 
  • Emphasizes acceptance, forgiveness and letting go of the past
Hours Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm 
Services Mon-Sun 24 hours
Areas Served Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek First Nation ; Armstrong ; Beardmore ; Biigtigong Nishnaabeg ; Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek First Nation ; Dorion ; Fort William First Nation ; Ginoogaming First Nation ; Long Lake 58 First Nation ; Longlac ; MacDiarmid ; Manitouwadge ; Marathon ; Michipicoten First Nation ; Nipigon ; Pays Plat First Nation ; Pic Mobert First Nation ; Red Rock ; Red Rock Indian Band ; Rossport ; Schreiber ; Thunder Bay District ; Wawa ; White River ; Whitesand First Nation ; Pearl
Eligibility Ages: 18 year(s) and up 
 
First Nation and Métis individuals
Application
  • Requires completed application 
  • Physician required to complete medical section of the application form
Languages English ; Interpretive Services - Ojibway, available upon request
Fees None
Contact Information
Office Phone 807-229-3592
Toll Free Phone 1-888-432-7102
Fax 807-229-0308
E-Mail request@biidaaban.com
Website www.biidaaban.com
Primary Contact Angela Desmoulin, Executive Coordinator
Located In Community Biigtigong Nishnaabeg
Address Hwy 61
Heron Bay, ON P0T 1R0
 
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Mailing Address PO Box 219 
Heron Bay, ON P0T 1R0
Physical Access Fully Accessible
Other Details
Legal Status (50) Non Profit
Established 1998
Funding Federal - Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy (AHWS)