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Show EMES STORY AND PHOTOS BY ANDREA BEAN Hilltop Times intern Last Friday, about 10 children weaved ribbon and twine around gold hoops to create dreamcatchers. This activity was planned as part of American Indian/Alaskan Native Heritage Month, which is observed each November. The month and its activities are designed to create a two-fold awareness, according to Virginia Paulson, American Indian/Alaskan Native Association (AIAN) president. "We, the AIAN committee, strive to bring awareness of the Native Americans to Hill Air Force Base." Ms. Paulson said. "We also want the Native Americans to be aware of Hill as a potential employer." Ms. Paulson, Ogden Air Logistics Center human resource specialist, helped children at the youth center make dreamcatchers. She brought along Catherine Yeager, Ogden Air Logistics Center human resource specialist, for November 22, 2006 water and fire. The elements each came up with a way they could help the children. "Air could carry the dreams," Finder wrote. "Earth could hold the dreams within her hoop. Water could wash and separate dreams - the wanted from the unwanted. Fire could use the morning sun to burn up the unwanted dreams that are caught in the web." The story continues with the spirits being unable to think of a way to trap the dreams, but Grandmother Spider stepping in and offering a solution. She offered to weave a web that would Virginia Paulson, human resource specialist from the Ogden Air Logistics Cen-filter out the bad dreams from ter, helps Ashley Thedford create a dreamcatcher. Ms. Paulson visited the youth the good dreams. This became center Friday and helped children create dreamcatchers as part of American the first dreamcatcher. The Indian/Alaskan Native Heritage Month. dreamcatcher was hung above the bed so the sunlight could years ago, American Indian assistance. pass through, and children quit children were having terrifying Tech. Sgt. Colleen Walker, experiencing terrifying dreams. Military Equal Opportunity advi- dreams. The parents consulted sor from the 75th Air Base Wing, the shaman, or the wise man, and Ashley Thedford, who is 8 years asked for his help. The shaman told the children a brief history old, wrapped tan twine around visited the dream world and disof the dreamcatcher by reading a large gold hoop at the youth cussed the problem with the four center. She weaved three beads, "A Story of the Dreamcatcher" by Finder. The story goes: Many elements, which are air, earth, two burgundy and one lavender, Rallle Williams displays the dreamcatcher she made at the youth center Friday. Some children at the center created dreamcatchers to celebrate American Indian/Alaskan Native Heritage Month. into the design. Ashley said this was her first attempt at creating a dreamcatcher, and the craft was difficult to complete. Ashley and Ms. Paulson said the dreamcatcher will be useful, because Ashley has bad dreams. 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