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Dream catchers clash with Native culture over sale
Mille Lacs Band members protest dream catchers sold as earrings keychains and in shops claiming sacred meaning. Leaders cite tradition saying catchers should be spider web shaped above cradles and crafted with ceremonial thanks. Some tribes see profit from mass production as cultural desecration and others defend the market.
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