Medicine Wheel Art Project
For countless generations, First Nations communities have used the Medicine Wheel to promote health and healing. The Medicine Wheel represents many teachings, including the four directions, the four medicines, the four seasons, and the four life stages.
After receiving traditional teachings from Elder Ira Johnson, dozens of Indigenous youth from Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School collaborated to create these four panels. Each one was crafted using hundreds of hand-designed, cut, layered, and spray-painted stencils over the course of many months.
Saagibagaa Giizis
Infancy • Spring • Tobacco • East
This panel represents the beginning of life. The baby in a moss bag symbolizes protection, new growth, and potential. The bright blues reflect spring’s renewal and the sacred medicine of tobacco.
