Blackfoot Indian Dream Catcher
According to the Native American people, dreams are messages that come from the sacred spirits. There are different stories pertaining to Native American dream catchers and these are variations of the legend as seen by different Native American tribes. One version states that the hole in the middle of Native American dream catchers allows the good dreams to be passed on to the sleeper, while the web traps all of the bad dreams, and then at the first light of morning the bad dreams would disappear.
Another version of the story about Native American dream catchers says that the web will capture all of the good dreams and let the bad dreams go out through the hole. Dream catchers were thought to have originated with the Ojibwe tribe, also known to many as the Chippewa Indians. And there are many stories about how the dream catcher came to be. The Ojibwe tribes used to tie strands of sinew in webs around a tear-shaped frame and then they would hang the dream catcher above a sleeping Native American child’s bed to help protect them from nightmares.
Native American Indian Dreamcatcher
Normally Native American dream catchers are fairly small and are made by bending wood (originally birch) and sinew string tied together. A feather was usually seen hanging from the webbing. Today it is very common to see Native American dream catchers in many places. You can see them hanging from car mirrors, on people’s walls as decorations, and even in many modern day tattoo designs. Many are mass produced and sold as decoration but it is still possible to find real authentic hand made Native American dream catchers. There are thousand of Native Americans that live on reservations and others that live on their own that are still Native American traditionalists, and among these Native people you can find these authentic dreamcatchers. Over time the dreamcatcher was also adopted by many other Native American tribes’ throughout the land and they gained a lot of popularity as beautiful decorations in the 1960’s and 70’s. When you find somewhere to obtain an authentic dream catcher nowadays it will usually come with a certificate of authenticity with the name of the Native American artist who made the dreamcatcher on it, this will help ensure you it is a real Native American dreamcatcher.
Native American dream catchers make it easy to decorate with an American Indian theme. The southwestern Indian tribes are still active in making handcrafted artifacts. You can have real antler, leather wood and rawhide. Dream catchers are a great way to dress up a wall in any room. Huge selection of Native American crafts, artifacts, and decor including headdresses, dream catchers, instruments, weapons, clothing, and more!
Blackfoot Indian Tribe Dream Catcher
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The Blackfoot Indians were a nation of American Indians with four distinctive tribes, one in Montana and the other in Alberta, Canada. Fierce buffalo hunters, this nomadic tribe followed their food source. With no experience in pottery, crafts or agriculture, they relied on the land. While natural food sources and small subsidized, the buffalo were their main source of food, clothing, shelter, tools and weapons.
Indian Dreamcatcher
Without modern weapons, the Blackfoot Indians would herd the buffalo into a enclosedarea where they could not escape. A corral, called a pis'kin, was built belowthe edge of a perpendicular cliff and enclosed with they natural surroundingsof the land. The Blackfoot Indians used a medicine man to coerce the buffaloto follow him towards the pis'kin. The other warriors formed a V, also knownas a chute, hiding behind trees and rocks. Once the buffalo were close enough,they would jump out chanting and waving their robes, startling the buffalo enoughto run along the rocks. They fell and were pushed into the pis'kin below, breakingtheir legs, necks, and backs as they went down the embankment. Once in the corralthey were killed by the arrows of the Indians.
The men of the Blackfoot Indians were completely free from the times theycould walk. The women of the tribes were treated as slaves. They had no freedomsfrom the time they were born until their deaths they answered to someone. Theywere often mutilated and murdered for trivial offenses against the husband. Whenthe man dies, his wives are given to his oldest brother. All material belongsare given to the sons and brothers.
The Blackfoot tribes slowly died off from starvations as the buffalo herdsgrew scarce. The died from disease as the Europeans moved into their lands. Todaythe surviving heirs still live on much of the Montana land they had long ago.
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