Long ago, in a dream, a young Indian maiden was shown how Spider Woman had spun her web. She was then shown how to weave the web into a dream catcher, and told it would be a special way for creation to catch the good dreams and strengthen the connection between creation (Mother Earth) and the spirit world ... so she began to weave the dream catcher.
When she had finished the weaving, she decorated it and hung it from a willow branch above the place where she was to sleep on her blankets. As she fell asleep, during what she called star time, she began having beautiful dreams.

When she awoke the next morning to greet Mother Sun, she saw colored beads caught in the strands of her web. As she gently touched one of the beads, Mother Sun spoke to her saying the beads were good dreams she had caught in her dream catcher during star time, and that unwell dreams had also been caught in the strands of the web, but had vanished in the warm, loving light of Mother Sun. The unwell dreams were gone and creation began to heal itself.

Many others now look forward to star time because of this young Indian maiden.

The Mandella symbolizes the Indian shield. With this shield they believed the gods would protect them, and by having one in their homes, it would bring them prosperity, good health and happiness.
They are made usung natural materials including hide, semi precious stones and feathers.

All Mandela's are made by Native American craftsmen from the New Mexico reservations.

Using a smudging tool is part of many Native American traditions. The burning of herbs for emotional, psychic, and spiritual purification is also common practice among many religious, healing, and spiritual groups. The ritual of smudging can be defined as "spiritual house cleaning." In theory, the smoke attaches itself to negative energy and as the smoke clears it takes the negative energy with it, releasing it into another space where it will be regenerated into positive energy.
The Native American uses incense in prayer and in all aspects of daily life. In the North West sweetgrass and kinickinnick are used, whilst the Pueblo Indians use pine needles and cedar. The Hopi use Juniper tops and the plains indians use cedar tops and sage to purify and to make offerings.

All Smudge Sticks are made by Native American craftsmen from the New Mexico reservations.