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Dream Catcher Made By Native American Artifacts
The dream catcher is one of the most enduring and widespread symbols associated with Native American culture. It’s commonly believed that the iconic hoop-and-web form is meant to protect sleepers from bad dreams by “catching” them, while letting good dreams pass through, hence the name. To Native Americans, a true dreamcatcher must be handmade and constructed with special materials by a person of pure intentions. To understand this, let’s take a look at how a ‘real’ dreamcatcher is made, and why it is made the way it is. The dreamcatcher frame is willow. The willow tree holds special significants to most Native Americans. Native American dreamcatchers are an element of southwest decor that is one of the most exciting and fun home decorating styles you will find. Native American dream catchers make it easy to decorate with an American Indian theme. The southwestern Indian tribes are still active in making handcrafted artifacts. May 03, 2018 Dreamcatchers and Medicine Wheels At Kachina House we carry a vast selection of Native American dreamcatchers and medicine wheels, handmade by artists from various tribes. Crafted and accented with natural mataerials, we offer unique objects of art and craft.
In some Indigenous cultures, a dreamcatcher or dream catcher is a handmade willow hoop, on which is woven a net or web. It may also include sacred items such as certain feathers or beads. They believe that, through the use of a dream catcher, an individual can protect themselves from negative dreams while letting positive dreams through the hole of the dream catcher.
Native American Indian Dream Catchers
Dream catchers originated with the Ojibwe people and were gradually adopted by some neighbouring nations through intermarriage and trade. This continued and, by the 1960s and 1970s, they had been adopted by a large number of Indigenous people of diverse cultures.
Real Native American Dreamcatchers
Because of this, some consider the dream catcher a symbol of unity among the Indigenous or Aboriginal people. However, many other Indigenous people have come to see dream catchers as over-commercialized, offensively misappropriated and misused by non-natives.
Dream Catcher Made By Native American Eagle
At Canadian Indigenous Art, we ensure our gallery only includes handcrafted dream catchers from authentic Squamish Nation Artists.