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Calamity Jane’sfrom Page Clair is filled with dreams and those dreams come out at night.The Native American dream catchers include webbing to let the good dreams through to a person while they sleep and catches the bad dreams.The bad dreams are stuck until they are destroyed by the light of dawn, Mac Wilbur says.Mac's interest in Native American work is due in part to his lineage and also in part to an 11-year stay in Montana.“I'm just very close to the Native American people” the Chicago native says.Mac says more people are exploring their Native American heritage and looking to learn more about homeopathic treatments.“To Native Americans, everything was sacred. From the land to the rocks. That was reflected in their art and jewelry, and some people say why not give it a shot,” Mac says.That includes people who buy copper jewelry because they think that the copper offers help in easing the pain from their arthritis, he says.“Some people swear by the dream catchers and others talk about the power of stones. Remember, the Native Americans had aspirin more than 300 years ago. It wasn't in a little white pill, but they knew some things,” Mac says.Both Wilburs say the key to their business is that they truly enjoy what they do.^Some people swear by the dream catchers and others talk about the power of stones.”—Mac Wilbur, co-owner of CalamityJane’s“It's fun. It has to be fun. If you work somewhere and don’t enjoy yourself, it becomes a job,” Mac says.“We never thought that what started out as weekend craft shows would turn into a fulltime business,” Sue says.Sue says that fun is how they came up with the name Calamity Jane’s.The couple were just throwing out names for the store and agreed that the name needed to be catchy.“Calamity Jane was definitely a Wild West character, so it stuck,” Sue said.Calamity Jane was Martha Jane Canary’s nickname. She was an American frontiers-woman who was born in Missouri in the 1850s and moved to Montana with her parents. One story about her nickname is that she would warn men not to offend her and to do so would be courting calamity. She was an expert with horses and rifles.Star Photo by Ginger PerryNative American spirit sticks and spirit masks hang on a wall at Calamity Jane’s on Cameron Street in Winchester.
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Winchester Star
Winchester, Virginia, US
Thu, Jul 10, 1997
Page 9
Full Page
Clipped by
Mark K.
NA, 09 Oct 2020
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