According to Native Canadian legends, dreams are messages from sacred spirits.  It is said that the hole in the center of the web allows the good dreams through while bad dreams are trapped in the web until the morning sun destroys them.  Dream catchers bless sleepers with pleasant dreams, good fortune and harmony.

 

 
 
A very rich spiritual symbol, close cousin psychically if not culturally to the European cross and the Eastern Mandala, the Medicine Wheel is indigenous in one form or another to every Native Canadian culture.  At once representing both the universe and man in it, the outer and inner worlds, the Medicine Wheel gets its name from the huge stone rings found in the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies.   The ornamental style typical of woodland cultures features a beaded cross of red, black, yellow and white, as well as a beaded feather.  The four points of the cross represent the four winds, the four seasons, the four directions, and the four grandfathers (teachers).