Big Horn Medicine Wheet

1. Who built the structure? Native Americans
2. Where is the structure located?The structure is located at an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m), near the summit of Medicine Mountain.
4. The structure’s significance to the ancient culture:
Why did the people build it? What did they do with it? For centuries, the Bighorn Medicine Wheel has been used by Crow youth for fasting and vision quests.
5. The structure’s significance in astronomy:
What did the structure have to do with the stars, sun, calendar, etc.? Further, he found that cairn pairs FO, FA, and FB correspond to the rising points of the stars Sirius, Aldebaran, and Rigel, respectively. Observing the first yearly heliacal rising of these stars would have been an effective tool at predicting how many days remained before the summer solstice, as the first heliacal rise of a star occurs on the same date.