{"id":16450,"date":"2020-12-31T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=16450"},"modified":"2020-12-31T09:26:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T17:26:55","slug":"malena-zamora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2020\/malena-zamora\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWeb of Dreams\u201d by Malena Zamora"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dream Catcher Story Contest\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Honorable Mention<\/span><\/p>\n

(Category 1: grades 3-5)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWeb of Dreams\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Malena Zamora<\/strong><\/p>\n

Age 10, Grade 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In a little teepee, images of ice cream and donuts floated into the heavy night air. Magical wooden hoops of bent Willow branches, covered in a net of natural fibers and ornamented with owl feathers and beads, dangled over sleeping children. These Dreamcatchers are used as a talisman against nightmares.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Ojibwe tribe, previously known as the Chippewa, created the Dreamcatchers in 1929. Afterwards, Dreamcatchers became popular among other cultures. Asabikeshiinh, meaning \u201cspider,\u201d is the Ojibwe word for Dreamcatcher. Though other cultures viewed spiders as disturbing, the Ojibwe people considered spiders to be symbols of safety and comfort. It\u2019s believed that Dreamcatchers were originated from Asibikaashi, who is known as the \u201cSpider Woman.\u201d The legend said that Asibikaashi took care of the people on Earth. Old Ojibwe storytellers narrate how Asibikaashi helped Wanabozhoo, a spirit, bring the sun back to the people. As the Ojibwe people scattered across the land, Asibikaashi had a very difficult time going to each cradle. Thus, the mothers, sisters, and grandmothers took up the practice of weaving the magical webs for the new babies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Besides the Ojibwe legend, the Lakota people have their own legend with Iktomi, a trickster god, who appeared in the form of a spider. To the Lakotas, Dreamcatchers represented a fabric of life that separates the good and the bad in the world. Like a spider web, Dreamcatchers trapped bad dreams while permitting good dreams to pass through. Dreamcatchers are in the shape of a circle like the sun that rotates each day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Among many indigenous cultures, Dreamcatchers represented a symbol of unity. They are part of the Native American identity and a tradition that honored the culture of the Ojibwe people. Today, these sacred artifacts continue to protect children from bad dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n

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View a list of all the winners:\u00a0 http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2020\/dream-catcher-story-contest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dream Catcher Story Contest\u00a0 Honorable Mention (Category 1: grades 3-5)   \u201cWeb of Dreams\u201d by Malena Zamora Age 10, Grade 4   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In a little teepee, images of ice cream and donuts floated into the heavy night air. Magical wooden hoops of bent Willow branches, covered in a net of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[227,190],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-16450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements-news","category-writing","tag-contest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71KT0-4hk","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16457,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16450\/revisions\/16457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}