🌿 Medicine Wheel

The Medicine Wheel is a way many Native communities understand balance, growth, and connection across different parts of life. Teachings vary by tribe, but often include relationships between mind, body, spirit, and community.

Access the following links to learn more about this concept from others within the community.

National Library of Medicine – Native Voices: Medicine Wheel

Tribal Trade Co. – Medicine Wheel Teachings Explained

Akta Lakota Museum – Lakota Medicine Wheel

Pow Wow Times – Medicine Wheel Teachings Explained

🌕 Moon in Native Culture

Many Native Nations follow lunar calendars based on the cycles of the moon, but each tribe has its own teachings, names, and meanings connected to the moon phases.

Access the following links to learn more about this concept from others within the community.

Western Washington University – Native American Moons

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation – The Thirteen Moons

Oneida People – Moon Teachings

Thirteen Moons on a Turtle’s Back – Read by Uŋčí April (Dakota)