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February 28, 2023 26 mins

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An overview of what Medicine Wheels are and how they can be used.

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  1. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/medicine-wheels
  2. Bell, N. (2014). Education Canada. “Teaching the Medicine Wheel.” Retrieved from https://www.edcan.ca/articles/teaching-by-the-medicine-wheel/
  3. Bender, Herman. (2008). Medicine Wheels or "Calendar Sites": Indian Time or the Space/Time Continuum. Time and Mind. 1. 195-206. 10.2752/175169708X309806. 
  4. Brown, Lionel. (1963). The Fort Smith Medicine Wheel, Montana. Plains Anthropologist. 8. 225-230. 10.1080/2052546.1963.11908351. 
  5. Brumley, J. (1988). Medicine Wheels on the Northern Plain: a Summary and Appraisal. Ethos Consultuants, Ltd. Retrieved from https://open.alberta.ca/publications/medicine-wheels-on-the-northern-plains-a-summary-and-appraisal
  6. Cookson, C. (2020). The 9 types of Medicine Wheels in Alberta. Webpage. Retrieved from https://emberarchaeology.ca/the-9-types-of-medicine-wheels-in-alberta/
  7. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shaking-tent 
  8. https://news.umanitoba.ca/look-to-the-medicine-wheel-for-mental-health-elders-advise-in-first-nations-study/ 
  9. Marsh, Teresa Naseba, Diana Coholic, Sheila Cote-Meek, and Lisa M Najavits. (2015). “Blending Aboriginal and Western healing methods to treat intergenerational trauma with substance use disorder in Aboriginal peoples who live in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.” Harm Reduction Journal 12 (1): 14. doi:10.1186/s12954-015-0046-1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-015-0046-1.
  10. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/exhibition/healing-ways/medicine-ways/medicine-wheel.html
  11. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326016844_Twin_Peaks_Medicine_Wheel_EcOp-51_on_Canadian_Forces_Base_Suffield
  12. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235197042_Archeology_and_Native_American_Religion_at_the_Leon_River_Medicine_Wheel
  13. Saskatchewanderer. Pheasant Rump First Nation -Medicine Wheel
  14. https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/objects/NMAI_24751?destination=edan_searchtab%3Fpage%3D6%26edan_q%3Dsun 
  15. https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/medicine-wheel-in-wisconsin.330454/ 
  16. Wanuskewin Heritage Park https://wanuskewin.com/our-story/archaeological/
  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuwipi
  18. Medicine Teachings with Elder Francis Whiskeyjack

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