Indian Head Dress
The Indian head dress has been an
integral part of Native American culture since the time before the arrival of
the white-man. Being reserved most powerful and influential members of a tribe,
not an accessory available for every member of a tribe. Most typically, head
dresses were made of bird feathers with each feather representing a moment each
and every time a warrior, chief or other important member committed a brave
act.
The larger amount of feathers, the more the wearer appeared strong and
ominous. An important symbol was not left to the woman to make, in truth they
had no hand in the creation, and the feathers were sewn together by the wearer
and his closest comrades.
As a vital symbol of strength and bravery, it was an honor to whomever wore a
head dress, they were revered and respected. An idea that should not fade away
into history, which should be upheld and understood and remembered for the awe
inspiring life Native Americans live.
Today among the Native Americans the head
dress is typically adorned for wedding ceremonies and other spiritual
ceremonies.
The art and beauty, once faded into history has been reawakened, not only
through imagination, but through reality. The vibrant and eclectic brilliance
of a forgotten time and forgotten tradition, a status of Indian head dresses.
Once revered, now they are a time portal back to a time when man lived in
unison with the earth, when ownership and property of lands was not a notion
considered.
When the integrity of a man was based solely on his actions and how
he acted towards mother earth.
The powerful symbol, is a treasure that anyone can hold, the strength, the
honor can be felt across the ages of time to those who hold the Indian head
dress as a sacred piece of a time fading away, a time when life was sacred.
