The Medicine Wheel

<br/><B>Contents</B><br/><br/>Acknowledgments<br/><br/>Author's Note<br/><br/>A Vision of the Medicine Wheel<br/><br/>Introduction<br/><br/>THE MOONS AND THE TOTEMS<br/><br/>Earth Renewal Moon (Snow Goose)<br/><br/>Rest and Cleansing Moon (Otter)<br/><br/>Big Winds Moon (Cougar)<br/><br/>Budding Trees Moon (Red Hawk)<br/><br/>Frogs Return Moon (Beaver)<br/><br/>Complanting Moon (Deer)<br/><br/>Strong Sun Moon (Flicker)<br/><br/>Ripe Berries Moon (Sturgeon)<br/><br/>Harvest Moon (Brown Bear)<br/><br/>Ducks Fly Moon (Raven)<br/><br/>Freeze Up Moon (Snake)<br/><br/>Long Snows Moon (Elk)<br/><br/>THE POWERS OF THE DIRECTIONS<br/><br/>How Buffalo, Eagle, Coyote and Bear Began to Help the Spirit Keepers<br/><br/>Waboose, Spirit Keeper of the North<br/><br/>Wabun, Spirit Keeper of the East<br/><br/>Shawnodese, Spirit Keeper of the South<br/><br/>Mudjekeewis, Spirit Keeper of the West<br/><br/>THE ELEMENTAL CLANS<br/><br/>How Turtle Helped to Build Our Land<br/><br/>Turtle Clan -- Earth<br/><br/>Why Some Frogs Left the Water<br/><br/>Frog Clan -- Water<br/><br/>How Butterflies Learned to Fly<br/><br/>Butterfly Clan -- Air<br/><br/>How the Thunderbird Came to Be<br/><br/>Thunderbird Clan -- Fire<br/><br/>Frog-Turtle (Water-Earth)<br/><br/>Thunderbird-Butterfly (Fire-Air)<br/><br/>Butterfly-Turtle (Air-Earth)<br/><br/>Butterfly-Frog (Air-Water)<br/><br/>Thunderbird-Frog (Fire-Water)<br/><br/>Thunderbird-Turtle(Fire-Earth)<br/><br/>Same Clan Combinations<br/><br/>TRAVELING THE MEDICINE WHEEL<br/><br/>CONSTRUCTING A MEDICINE WHEEL