Sated, we retire for a night sleeping as the coureurs des bois slept, on a bed of fragrant spruce branches inside a teepee.

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Ms Spence has staged her protest in a traditional teepee within sight of the parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada's capital city.

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Ms Spence invited MPs and senators to visit her teepee on Sunday.

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There's also the conical "Teepee, " a multi-level dwelling for discerning kitties.

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Ms Spence has invited MPs and senators to visit her teepee.

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