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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_justice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcatcher- Are there other origins of the dream catcher? Are there other uses for the dream catcher? Are there other meanings behind the dream catcher besides protection? Is the true meaning of the dream catcher being overtaken in today's society? Parts of the dream catcher and their meanings?

I plan to contribute a better history of the dream catcher. I also want to add in if there are other uses for a dream catcher and to find if there are other meanings behind a dream catcher besides protection. I plan to add a section on the different parts of the dream catcher and the meanings behind each part. Lastly, I plan to add in information on if the popularization of the Dream Catcher.

"Dream catchers: Do they really catch dreams?" Times of India, 2 July 2016. General Reference Center GOLD, db07.linccweb.org/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com.db07.linccweb.org/ps/i.do?p=GRGM&sw=w&u=lincclin_ecc&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA456888759&asid=1dee6b7f8534f36db4538b4cb54fb228. Accessed 28 Mar. 2017.

Shupe, Jim. “Dream Catcher origin.” Dream-Catcher, http://www.dream-catchers.org/dream-catcher-origin/. Accessed 28 Mar. 2017.

“Dreamcatcher.” New World Encyclopedia, 24 August 2013, http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Dreamcatcher Accessed 28 Mar. 2017.

Laframboise, Sandra. “Dream Catchers.” Dancing to Eagles Spirit Society, (2008), http://www.dancingtoeaglespiritsociety.org/dreamcatcher.php Accessed 30 Mar. 2017.

Rough Draft:

Legends and Beliefs:

There is another meaning of the dream catcher in the Ojibwe legend. The dream catcher can also be used by people starting a new journey. The dream catcher is said to help guide them through the journey.  "Dream catchers: Do they really catch dreams?" Times of India, 2 July 2016. General Reference Center GOLD, db07.linccweb.org/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com.db07.linccweb.org/ps/i.do?p=GRGM&sw=w&u=lincclin_ecc&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA456888759&asid=1dee6b7f8534f36db4538b4cb54fb228. Accessed 28 Mar. 2017.

There are other legends of how the dream catcher was created. One of the legend comes for the Lakota tribe. In the legend, there is a tribe elder sitting upon a mountain top where a spider comes and shows the elder a vision. In the visions the spider spun a web on a hoop. The Lakota dream catcher also has a different meaning behind it. The dream catcher is not use to catch bad dreams but to filter in good dreams. The bad dreams will be passed through the hole in the middle of the hoop. However, the dream catcher will only work if the owner believes the dream catcher hold the destiny of their future and in the Great Spirit. "Dreamcatcher.” New World Encyclopedia, 24 August 2013, 

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Dreamcatcher

Another legend is from the Anishnabe tribe. The legend states that is people of the tribe were plagued with terrible nightmares. The elders and the medicine people tried everything that they could think of but nothing worked. They decided to call a council meeting, at the meeting one of the elder had a vision. In the vision, there was a spider’s web woven onto a hoop. On the hoop, there was feathers and beads. Shupe, Jim. “Dream Catcher origin.” Dream-Catcher, http://www.dream-catchers.org/dream-catcher-origin/.

Parts of the dream catcher (my added section):

The web symbolizes the spider who is forever repairing the eternal web of life. As you dream it weaves your life and energy into the universe.

The ring or hoop symbolizes the earth and our journey on her. The ring may also represent the mind and spirit of the maker if it is made of multi-colored wood or covered in multi-covered fabrics.

The beads on traditional dream catchers have meanings too. The first one is blue which represents the sky and all that lives within it such as the stars and sun. The second one is purple, the color of one’s inner self, where the creator life inside of all of us. Yellow is the third color, Yellow represents the East which is where the Yellow Nation lives. It signifies wisdom and the ancestors that came before us. The fourth color is red for the Red Nation. This bead calls upon the ancestor is come and educate the people on how to farm the land and to do the work to keep our families safe. It leads to honest, integrity and love. The fifth color is black which represents two roads. The two paths are very different one to bring help with healing and the other is one of self-destruction and abuse. The sixth color is white to acknowledge the white people and the wisdom and knowledge of their ancestors. The seventh and final color is green for the Mother Earth. The great protector and the one who supplies us with all that we need to live on this earth. Laframboise, Sandra. “Dream Catchers.” Dancing to Eagles Spirit Society, (2008), http://www.dancingtoeaglespiritsociety.org/dreamcatcher.php Accessed 30 Mar. 2017.

Popularization:

In the past few decades dream catcher have become more popular and a part of main stream culture. It has moved from the Ojibwa Nation to the American Indian peoples then to the White population of American and other places around the world. The dream catcher is now made and sold on a mass- produced scale instead of the original one by one. Philip Jenkins who wrote of the Oxford University Press about how mainstream American is exploring Native American spirituality in direct mention to Dream Catchers, states that to the more traditional Native peoples see how the American Culture treats the dream catcher as an undesirable form of cultural appropriation. To go back to the 1960s and 1970s during the pan-Native American movement the Ojibwa dream catcher became popular in other Native American tribes such as the Cherokee and the Navajo. This means that dream catchers are more of a neo-traditional culture then a traditional part in most American India cultures. The dream catcher still means many different thing to Native Americas, some think of them as sweet and harmless, they are a symbol of native unity to other, and some just find them tacky.

Today the dream catcher is everywhere from the rear- view mirror in a car to the hanging above a child’s cradle in their nursery. “Dreamcatcher.” New World Encyclopedia, 24 August 2013, 

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Dreamcatcher