Editing Classical element (section)

=== Medicine Wheel ===
The medicine wheel symbol is a modern invention attributed to [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] peoples dating to approximately 1972, with the following descriptions and associations being a later addition. The associations with the classical elements are not grounded in traditional Indigenous teachings and the symbol has not been adopted by all Indigenous American nations.<ref name="Shaw">{{cite magazine |last=Shaw |first=Christopher |date=August 1995 |title=A Theft of Spirit? |url=https://thetrackingproject.org/a-theft-of-spirit/ |magazine=New Age Journal |location= |publisher= |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="Jung">{{cite web |last1=Thomason |first1=Timothy C |title=The Medicine Wheel as a Symbol of Native American Psychology |url=https://www.jungpage.org/learn/articles/culture-and-psyche/908-the-medicine-wheel-as-a-symbol-of-native-american-psychology |website=The Jung Page |publisher=The Jung Center of Houston |access-date=28 April 2021 |date=27 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chavers |first1=Dean |title=5 Fake Indians: Checking a Box Doesn't Make You Native |url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/5-fake-indians-checking-a-box-doesnt-make-you-native |website=Indian Country Today |access-date=28 April 2021 |date=15 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Beyer">{{cite web |last1=Beyer |first1=Steve |title=Selling Spirituality |url=https://www.singingtotheplants.com/2008/02/selling-spirituality/ |website=Singing to the Plants |access-date=28 April 2021 |date=3 February 2008}}</ref><ref name="Bear">{{cite book |last1=Bear Nicholas |first1=Andrea |editor1-last=Hulan |editor1-first=Renée |editor2-last=Eigenbrod |editor2-first=Renate |title=Aboriginal Oral Traditions: Theory, Practice, Ethics |date=April 2008 |publisher=Fernwood Pub Co Ltd |location=Halifax, NS |isbn=9781552662670 |pages=7–43 |chapter=The Assault on Aboriginal Oral Traditions: Past and Present}}</ref>

*'''Earth''' (South) represents the youth cycle, [[summer]], the Indigenous race, and [[Juniperus virginiana|cedar]] medicine.
*'''Fire''' (East) represents the birth cycle, [[Spring (season)|spring]], the Asian race, and [[tobacco]] medicine.
*'''Wind/Air''' (North) represents the elder cycle, [[winter]], the European race, and [[Hierochloe odorata|sweetgrass]] medicine.
*'''Water''' (West) represents the adulthood cycle, [[autumn]], the African race, and [[Salvia apiana|sage]] medicine.