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− | text='''Medicine wheels''', or '''sacred hoops''', are [[stone structure]]s built by certain [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas]] apparently for [[astronomy|astronomical]], [[ritual]], healing, and [[teaching]] purposes. They were constructed by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground. Most medicine wheels resemble a [[wagon]] [[wheel]], having a center [[cairn]] of stones surrounded by an outer ring of stones, and then "spokes," or lines of rocks, coming out from the cairn | + | text='''Medicine wheels''', or '''sacred hoops''', are [[stone structure]]s built by certain [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas]] apparently for [[astronomy|astronomical]], [[ritual]], healing, and [[teaching]] purposes. They were constructed by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground. Most medicine wheels resemble a [[wagon]] [[wheel]], having a center [[cairn]] of stones surrounded by an outer ring of stones, and then "spokes," or lines of rocks, coming out from the cairn. |
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Featured Article: Medicine wheel
Medicine wheels, or sacred hoops, are stone structures built by certain Indigenous peoples of the Americas apparently for astronomical, ritual, healing, and teaching purposes. They were constructed by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground. Most medicine wheels resemble a wagon wheel, having a center cairn of stones surrounded by an outer ring of stones, and then "spokes," or lines of rocks, coming out from the cairn.