But, if you listen to the bad forces, they'll steer you in the wrong direction and may hurt you. If you listen to the good forces, they will steer you in the right direction. But, Iktomi said as he continued to spin his web, in each time of life there are many forces, some good and some bad. Finally we go to old age where we must be taken care of as infants, completing the cycle. He spoke to the elder about the cycles of life, how we begin our lives as infants, move on through childhood and on to adulthood.Native Americans invented the Dream Catcher when old Lakota, the spiritual leader was on a high mountain and had a vision about them.Native Americans and dream catchers By: Tabitha Jeffers