It is traditional, in some tribes, to put a feather in the center of the dream catcher; it means breath, or air. It is essential for life. A baby watching the air playing with the feather on her cradleboard was entertained while also learning the importance of good air. Dream catchers made of willow and sinew are for children, and they are not meant to last. Eventually the willow dries out and the tension of the sinew collapses the dream catcher. That's supposed to happen. It belies the temporary-ness of youth. Adults should use dream catchers of woven fiber which is made up to reflect their adult dreams. It is also customary in many parts of Canada and the Northeastern U.S. to have the dream catchers be a tear- drop/snow shoe shape.

"The web is a perfect circle with a hole in the center... If you believe in the great spirit, the web will catch your good ideas and the bad ones will go through the hole." (Shown: 2 medium and 1 small.) Small $7.79 || Medium $15.79 || Large $21.79

A Medicine Wheel is made of stones. There were about 20,000 medicine wheels in North America, before the Europeans came. Medicine wheels are places for energy and healing, teaching and understanding. They are used for times of reflecting on life, and for joyous celebrations. The Medicine Wheel represents all of creation. all races of people, animals, birds, fish, insects, trees,and stones, the sun, moon and earth are in the circle of the medicine wheel. Each stone tells part of the story. The circle is all of the cycles of nature, day and night, seasons, moons, life cycles, and orbits of the moon and planets.

A beautiful compliment to every hair color.	In the circle commune, only the bearer of the talking stick, may speak.

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