This is an essay for an art history class on native american folk lore art specifically dreamcatchers

Have you ever a nightmare? Are you a victim of night terrors? The American Indian people believe that the dream catchers can cure all of your nightmares, bad dreams, or night terrors. A dream catcher is a tool that the American Indians use to get rid of the bad dreams and to keep the good ones around. It is said to move freely in the night air and catch the dreams that float by it. …

…room. However when I was not in a room with one I had many nightmares. I believe in the folklore of the Native American Indians. I have Native American in my bloodline. Things like this have come naturally to me. That story was handed down to me from a woman many generations before me. Dreams have been important to the Native American Indians for as long as the beginning of time and they always will.