authentic apache craft dream catcher ring 2" length 6" 904

Description

Apache Fair Trade Cooperative, Inc.
Artisan
: Lorraine Jackson is a San Carlos Apache Tribal member and resides on the Reservation.
I don't ever remember anyone telling me how to do beadwork.  I grew up watching my parents always making beadwork.  My mom reminded me that my sister and I began with one strand necklace and selling them at fifty cents each.  She says I began doing beadwork for our wants.   I picked up the craft at a very young age. I spent about fifteen years of my adult life traveling extensively in the U.S. to many pow-wows, tribal fairs, and conferences selling my beadwork and crafts.  One day I decided to complete my education with the advice of my parents who paid and supported me to complete my Bachelors of Science in Education.  I graduated from Northern Arizona University and began my teaching career. I am pursuing my Masters in Education.  I love to make Apache beadwork and I get excited when I see my crafts being adorned.  I feel like I am contributing to keeping my Apache Culture alive in my crafts.  I continue to learn from my parents on a daily basis on my beadwork.
Materia
l:  2" metal ring for frame. Buckskin is used to wrap around the ring. Decorated with fake feather fringes at the end of beads tube decoration
. Sinew is used for web.
Size
:  The ring diameter 2”. The total length is 10”.
Culture
: Dream catcher is Ojibwa tradition. It is adopted as pan Indian movement in 1960. Spider webs hung on the hoop of cradleboard caught any harm in the air. It protects the nightmare for children. Only good dreams are allowed to filter through the web. It used to make with willow and sinew, so it can be dried out and collapsed, as the children grew older and not afraid of bad dreams.
Authenticity
:  This craft is bought by the Apache Fair Trade Cooperatives, Inc. (AFTCO) which is founded to help San Carlos and White Mountain Tribes' economy. The authenticity of this craft is certified by AFTCO.