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It is possible, but by no means certain, that the only tribe that used such things historically were the Ojibwe. The evidence is still to be produced that dreamcatchers existed before about 1900 (very modern times).

Many tribes certainly produced netted hoops in different sizes as warrior's talismans (worn in the hair), as gaming pieces (rolled along the ground as a target for spears) and other uses, but the idea of hanging them up to catch dreams may be a very recent one linked to traditional Trickster legends and spider webs.

Others have claimed that the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota people created the first dreamcatchers, but again the evidence is still to be produced.

Dreamcatchers first became widely known during the Hippy movement of the 1960s when New Age shops selling tarot cards, incense candles and trinkets from India began to sell them in large numbers.

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