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The Circle



First Nations people believe in a creation-based
form of spirituality which has at its centre, the
symbol of the sacred circle. The circle represents
a harmonious relationship with nature and with all
living things who are our relatives and that all things
are connected and equal because in a circle there
is no beginning and no end. Mother Earth is often
referred to as a Medicine Wheel or Sacred Hoop
because she is circular and she also turns in a circle.

As Black Elk taught: "Birds make their nests in circles;
we dance in circles, the circle stands for the Sun and
Moon and all round things in the natural world. The circle
is an endless creation, with endless connections to the
present, all that went before and all that will come in
the future."



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