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Medicine Wheel What does the medicine wheel represent in First Nations culture, and how does it relate to ideas of space, the stars, and the Earth? What do/did First Nations people use the medicine wheel for (stories, solutions to everyday issues, cultural)  The medicine wheel relates to the: Earth: - It's a major symbol of peace among all living things  - directions(north,south, east and west) and the 4 ordinal directions (NE, NW, SE, SW)  - the 4 elements are represented water, air, fire, and earth  - The spiritual path is a calm and earth loving

Culture: - The medicine wheel is a knowledge of rhythm  - Sacred space, aid to meditation, altar, centering device for conscious protector, and framework to honor nature  - Never ending path for self-realization  - The four points of the medicine wheel show the aspects of a persons nature  - Thought to have ceremonial signifigance

<span style="color: #ff8e00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tradition: <span style="color: #ff8e00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- The traditional colours of the medicine wheel are red, yellow, black, and white  <span style="color: #ff8e00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Traditional medicine wheels are made of stone and are typically 12 metres wide  <span style="color: #ff8e00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- 4 is a very strong number in First Nations culture, so the medicine wheel __must__ have 4 parts  <span style="color: #ff8e00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-The teachings of the medicine wheel are passed down orally