Dream Journal Ultimate
Date: 11/22/2020
By Shonna
I dreamt that I found a shop with real Native American powwow dresses. One was a white shawl dress and the other was just a regular red. Both was made from buckskin. I put them on and walked outside where a small group of Natives were practicing dancing in their new attire. One boy had a buckskin outfit on with a wolf head headdress. He did one short dance and was done. I could tell that he didn't want to be there. The small group who were sitting on the ground tried to make him perform more, but he was over it. I attempted to dance more but my footing was off and I spun on my tiptoes which is not a traditional Native American move. I did the same dance with the red dress and didn't like not having a shawl. Inside I talked to the lady working in the Native American attire store. I thought it was strange that she was Caucasian. Especially selling authentic outfits. She was middle-aged, white, with brown hair, and seemed like a department store seller. I told her that I liked the red dress but wished it was white. She agreed and mentioned how its hard to fit someone who's around 5 months pregnant (talking about me). I wasn't pregnant and looked down at my stomach that had a pooch. I never mentioned that I wasn't pregnant though. I tested her knowledge on Native American history while shopping and I told her how we found our grandmother's picture printed on a postcard when we visited her old catholic school on our reservation. I said, isn't this sad how white people have exploited our culture by destroying our heritage and are selling our people on postcards now? She agreed slightly and continued on with what she was doing. I could tell she didn't want to talk about it, since she was selling items that didn't belong to her culturally.