The Dream Catcher

In traditional worldview of the Saulteaux people of the North American Plains believe that the night is full of both positive and negative dreams.

The customary tradition is when a Dream Catcher is hung above or near the place where you sleep, it moves freely in the night and catches the dreams as they drift by.

The good dreams, knowing their way, flow and pass through the opening in the center of the Dream Catcher webbing, meanwhile the bad dreams, not knowing the way, are caught in the webbing and are destroyed at the first light of the morning sun.

Although the Saulteaux people are credited for the origins of the Dream Catcher, many other Indigenous cultures have adopted Dream Catcher Legends as part of their Oral History.

Though the intricate designs and Oral legends differ slightly, the underlying meaning and symbolism is universal and is understood across Indigenous cultures and language barriers.