Make a Dreamcatcher

**Make a Dreamcatcher is led by Grandfather Rick McBride $35 includes materials. PREPAYMENT REQUIRED.** Zelle to Cynthia Mong at **954-270-8939 (preferred)** or paypal to: **[https://paypal.me/iwt2016](https://paypal.me/iwt2016)**

Have you ever wanted to make your own dreamcatcher? For yourself, and for others: the perfect gift, one from the heart (and not Amazon.) Today, you will learn the technique of weaving that web of protection that separates the good dreams from the bad ones. You will learn on a five inch steel hoop using fine sinew. You will then make a second dreamcatcher on a natural vine hoop. If you have beads, stones, or feathers and would like to incorporate them into your dreamcatcher, bring them and you will learn how easy it is; if you do not have anything special you would like to include then all necessary materials are supplied. Once you learn the technique you can apply it to many different shapes and objects. Iktome (Spider) brings us creativity and she links the past, present, and future, which gives us a better perspective from which to understand and make sense out of the web of our own life. Children aged 10 and up are welcome with a parent (1 child per parent). You will also learn the story of the dreamcatcher; what they do and how.

Rick McBride is mixedblood Tsalagi (Cherokee) who has walked the Red Road for 40 years. He was named Cante Lute (Schan-tay Lou-tuh) by the spirits through his sundance chief, which means Red Heart. He is a sundancer and has been traditionally trained and authorized to lead ceremonies, such as inipi (purification lodge), prayer with the Canunpah (Pipe), drum healing and so forth. He has been publicly teaching these ways for over 16 years now. Workshops and lectures are one way to learn from the wisdom of Indian Country. Ceremony brings this knowledge to life. Combined, teaching and ceremony render practical guidance to everyday living. And so, Rick sees his role as that of “translator” of indigenous ways so that mainstream-educated people get the full benefit of these ways. It has taken him years of dedicated interaction with many Elders, as well as his activities as ceremonial leader to get to this place in his life.