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Many Aboriginal cultural traditions have legends of "dreamcatchers." According to some of these legends the dreamcatcher sifts dreams, keeping good dreams and sifting away those which are not helpful.
The Native Camp Circle O'Friends have the following stories about dreamcatchers: The dreamcatcher was an Ojibway creation that was hung by the cradleboard of an infant or child to filter dreams. (see samples below.)
The dreamcatcher was placed near the sleeping child's head to capture both good and bad dreams. The bad dreams were caught in the webbing and when the sun rose were burned off by the sunlight. The good dreams trickled down into the feathers to be saved and dreamed again. Another story tells that the good dreams passed through the centre of the dreamcatcher to be dreamed by the sleeping child. The bad dreams became tangled in the webbing and feathers to be burned off by the morning sun.
Some say that the dreamcatcher was given either as a wedding gift or to newborn children so that all the dreams for the future would be good ones. The round hoops depict the circle of life. One story says that they represent "eternity" as they have no beginning or end. In the past, the hoops were carefully worked willow, the lacing was done with sinew. Feathers were then suspended from the lacing in the center or from the bottom of the hoop.
Traditionally, dreamcatchers were decorated with such things as shells, arrowheads, leaves, cones, claws, coloured stones, beads and pouches containing medicines. These items were said to enhance the power of the dreamcatcher.
Our dreamcatchers are made with rings, sinew, leather, feathers and soapstone, bone or antler beads.
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| Size: 3 inches
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| Size: 5 inches with
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| Size: 7 inches with
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Size: 9 inches
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Size: 9 inches with
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