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105 Followers, 108 Following, 416 pins - See what Sandie Sioux Dreamcatchers (sandierogers) has discovered on Pinterest, the world's biggest collection of ideas. Dec 10, 2017 In some Native American cultures, a dreamcatcher or dream catcher is a handmade willow. Dreamcatchers started to get popular in other Native American tribes, even those in disparate places like the Cherokee, Lakota, and Navajo. Gallery of Sioux Indian Dream Catchers.

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Aug 17, 2018 The Indian Dreamcatcher Beliefs The Cherokee are one of the best known, oldest and largest Indian tribes in the United States. The Cherokee learned to cultivate corn around 1,000 B.C. Centuries later, they shared their agricultural knowledge with European settlers in America. – the dream catcher Is important to the Lakota based on the legend below – according to legend: The dream catcher catches all the good in their dreams and visions in the web and is carried with those people for their lives – The bad/ evil in their dreams escapes through the hole in the center and are no longer apart of them.

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A Lakota Legend

Long ago when the world was young, an old Lakota spiritual leaderwas on a high mountain and had a vision.

In his vision, Iktomi, the great trickster and teacher of wisdom,appeared in the form of a spider.

Iktomi spoke to him in a sacred language that only the spiritualleaders of the Lakota could understand.

As he spoke Iktomi, the spider, took the elder's willow hoop whichhad feathers, horse hair, beads and offerings on it and began to spin a web.

He spoke to the elder about the cycles of life ... and how we beginour lives as infants and we move on to childhood, and then to adulthood.Finally, we go to old age where we must be taken care of as infants,completing the cycle.

'But,' Iktomi said as he continued to spin his web, 'ineach time of life there are many forces -- some good and some bad.If you listen to the good forces, they will steer you in the rightdirection. But if you listen to the bad forces, they will hurt youand steer you in the wrong direction.'

He continued, 'There are many forces and different directionsthat can help or interfere with the harmony of nature, and alsowith the great spirit and-all of his wonderful teachings.'

All the while the spider spoke, he continued to weave his web startingfrom the outside and working toward the center.

When Iktomi finished speaking, he gave the Lakota elder the weband said...'See, the web is a perfect circle but there is ahole in the center of the circle.'

He said, 'Use the web to help yourself and your people toreach your goals and make good use of your people's ideas, dreams and visions.

'If you believe in the great spirit, the web will catch yourgood ideas -- and the bad ones will go through the hole.'

The Lakota elder passed on his vision to his people and now the Sioux Indians use the dream catcher as the web of their life.

It is hung above their beds or in their home to sift their dreams and visions.

The good in their dreams are captured in the web of life and carriedwith them...but the evil in their dreams escapes through the holein the center of the web and are no longer a part of them.

They believe that the dream catcher holds the destiny of their lives.

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