However, many other Indigenous people have come to see dream catchers as over-commercialized, offensively misappropriated and misused by non-natives.Īt Canadian Indigenous Art, we ensure our gallery only includes handcrafted dream catchers from authentic Squamish Nation Artists. Wrapping the frame in leather is another common finishing touch for real dream catchers. The hoops are usually constructed of a bent Red Willow branch covered in stretched sinews. This continued and, by the 1960s and 1970s, they had been adopted by a large number of Indigenous people of diverse cultures.īecause of this, some consider the dream catcher a symbol of unity among the Indigenous or Aboriginal people. Real authentic, traditional dream catchers are handmade and crafted only from all natural materials, measuring just a few small inches across in size. They believe that, through the use of a dream catcher, an individual can protect themselves from negative dreams while letting positive dreams through the hole of the dream catcher.ĭream catchers originated with the Ojibwe people and were gradually adopted by some neighbouring nations through intermarriage and trade. It may also include sacred items such as certain feathers or beads.

In some Indigenous cultures, a dreamcatcher or dream catcher is a handmade willow hoop, on which is woven a net or web.

Authentic dream catcher origin