Our dream catchers are individually handcrafted by members of the Mohawk Tyendinaga Territory in Ontario. The leather, deerskin & feathers used are provided by local First Nations hunters. Each dream catcher is individually handcrafted by the artist and may not be exactly as shown. Dream catchers are a stylish and symbolic decoration. It's said that the bad dreams will move through the dream catcher's net, while the good ones will be caught and slide down the feathers for you to experience while you sleep. Today the dreamcatcher is associated with Native American culture in general, but dream catchers are often believed to have originated from the Ojibwa Chippewa tribe in particular. The Lakota tribe also has its own legend about the origins of the dreamcatcher, but most ethnographers believe the dreamcatchers were passed down from the Ojibwe through intermarriage and trade.

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Hello, I am Jasmine B. Battle, RDH, BSEd. A graduate of Clayton State College in Morrow, Georgia with an AA degree in Dental Hygiene. I graduated from The University of Georgia In Athens, Georgia with a BSED in Education. Go Bulldogs!

I am an enrolled member of the The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee.

Also, I am a USAF Veteran - served my country with honor.

I design and make Authentic Cherokee Hand Made dream catchers, artifacts and other products here in the USA.

All of my products are designed with color, durability, quality and fashion in mind.

I have chosen BEST quality supplies from USA suppliers for my products so I can provide the BEST items for your enjoyment!

I wanted to design 'different' dream catchers along with 'traditional' designs so I could express my love for color and color combinations.

When I am designing and making my dream catchers, I take into consideration: Color, Symmetry, Detail, Emotion, Thought, Motivation, Alignments, Feeling.....

I Play COOL - SMOOTH JAZZ - ACOUSTIC - SOFT ROCK music when I design and sew them so that GOOD vibrations and energy is incorporated into each dream catcher. Dream Catchers are feng shui instruments that require tuning while making them so music is important in the process.

I have been asked why I use 'plastic' beads (made in the USA). I love the color. Although I do have lots of Glass beads. So, if you want glass beads, you can custom order and I will use glass beads for you.

I also offer 'custom' designs (weddings, baby showers, gender reveal, funerals) so if you need something special for a special ocassion or area of your home, simply give a convo and I will try my best to acommodate your request.

Each dream catcher comes with a Certificate of Authenticity attached along with The Dream Catcher Legend. On the Certificate of Authenticity is the name of the dream catcher along with the Signature of the Artist.

Due to COVID 19, we are very busy with online orders, we ask you to be patient at this time as your order may take a bit longer to make. Thank you for your understanding, Jasmine.

Disclaimer: All designs, photos and likeness are the sole property of Jasmine Battle, BSEd, Cherokee Artist and cannot be copied or reproduced without explicit written permission from Jasmine Battle, BSEd, Cherokee Artist

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I choose the best USA supplies to construct my artistic designs. When I choose a supplier , I think about making the best purchase for the projects I am anticipating or continuing to design. Price, Quality and ability to continue to provide the supplies to me is important.

I think about the pricing of the supplies along with the quality because I want to offer a quality product to my customers along with an affordable offering.

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Ten years ago one of the most popular and marketable Native crafts items was the dream catcher.

It is still popular, as evidenced by a Jan. 29-31 workshop at the Alberta Aboriginal Head Start conference in Edmonton. It was run by Bev Longboat, the executive director at the Niwasa (Little Ones) Head Start Program at Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ont., and by Alice Noah, originally from Walpole Island, Ont., but now living in Fort McMurray.

As the legend goes, according to Longboat, 'there was a very special woman who was responsible for the children. Her name was Spider Woman, a name likely given as was customary in Indian tradition.

'Her job,' said Longboat, 'was to web these dream catchers and hang them above a baby's cradle board while the infant was sleeping. As its popularity increased, however, it proved too much for Spider Woman to take on because she could not travel from one location to another and try to look after all of the children.

'So, at that time, she passed the webbing (technique) down to the aunties, grandmothers and the mothers, to look after the webbing for the children and the young.'

The dream catchers were made of willow.

'The little opening at the centre of the web allowed the good dreams to pass through and filter down through the feather(s) hanging from the dream catcher, and into the dreaming minds of the children. It was another stage of life that a child went through,' explained Longboat.

In constructing the dream catcher, she continued, 'significant was the number of points where the sinew was wrapped around the willow.

'In the original story,' she stated, 'there were eight points for her eight legs. Still others used seven points for the seven grandfathers or the seven prophecies. Some used five for the five sky shapes, some have used 13 as signifying the moons and some used 28 for the lunar months.'

As for the shape of the original dream catcher, 'it was made in a circle ? a representation of the sun that travels across the earth.'

But, it's not uncommon to find them in a tear shape.

'The traditional dream catcher,' she added, 'was between three-and-a-half and five inches in diameter. Any larger, it loses its significance, its traditional value or you could say, the power of the dream catcher itself.'

Over time, things about the dream catcher have changed. Things were added to it.

Dream Catcher Etsy

Noah mentions the significance of the three beads that were woven into a dream catcher. 'The three beads stand for our three fires ? the Potowotami, Ottawa and Chippewa Nations. So, when I do crafts, I put three of them on my work.'

While the number of feathers attached to a dream catcher may vary, some crafts people only use one to symbolize knowledge or wisdom.

'It's entirely up to you on how many you add on,' said Longboat. 'Just about everything you put on there has a significance, depending on the person doing the webbing.'

But before picking any willow(s), one should make a tobacco or cloth offering to the spirit world.

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