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medicine wheel

British  

noun

  1. a Native American ceremonial tool representing a sacred circle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Her classmates stood around her at a prayer circle designed with archetypes of Native American spirituality, with a circular sidewalk representing a traditional medicine wheel, crossed by sidewalks pointing to the four cardinal directions.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2021

Her classmates stood around her at a prayer circle designed with archetypes of Native American spirituality, with a circular sidewalk representing a traditional medicine wheel.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2021

In addition to the medicine wheel, the program employs other Native cultural enrichment activities - the talking circle, sweat lodge, smudging and equine assist experiential therapy.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 2018

For the ceremony itself, the guests were arranged in a circle symbolizing the Cheyenne medicine wheel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Small red and yellow flowers and a trail of ivy spill out of the basket beneath them, and a tiny model of the medicine wheel on a spike adorns the center of the arrangement.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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