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Hualapai Tourism to offer "Create and Keep Dream Catcher Classes" at the Hualapai Lodge on historic Route 66

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Created on Friday, 11 May 2012 09:32

Hualapai Tourism to offer "Create and Keep Dream Catcher Classes" at the Hualapai Lodge on historic Route 66

Beginning in July 2012 at the Hualapai Lodge on Historic Route 66 in Peach Springs, AZ, Hualapai artisans will teach guests how to make traditional Native American dream catchers in the new "Create and Keep Dream Catcher Classes."

The classes are available to overnight guests staying at the Hualapai Lodge and will be from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm multiple days a week. The cost per person is $10.00 plus tax, which includes all the materials and hands-on instruction. Open to both groups and individuals, advanced reservations are required the attend the class.

The traditional dream catcher was intended to protect a sleeping individual from negative dreams, while letting positive dreams through. The positive dreams would slip through the hole in the center of the dream catcher and glide down the feathers to the sleeping person below. The negative dreams would get caught up in the web and expire when the first rays of the sun struck them.



The dream catcher has been a part of Native American culture for generations. A primary element of the Native American dream catcher relates to the tradition of the hoop. Some Native Americans of North America held the hoop in the highest esteem because it symbolized strength and unity. Many symbols started around the hoop, particularly dream catcher.