A dreamcatcher is Jacob Black's 18th birthday present to Bella
in the film adaptation of New Moon. She hangs it on the
headboard of her bed and it is seen in several scenes in the
movie. Charlie doesn't think that the dreamcatcher works as it
doesn't keep away the nightmares Bella sees after Edward leaves
her. In the Eclipse film, Riley is seen examining it when he
comes to Bella's house to steal objects with her scent on. After
Edward realizes that Riley was in the house, he searches Bella's
room and smells Riley's scent on it. In the first part of the
Breaking Dawn film, Bella is seen looking at the dreamcatcher
and thinking about the missing Jacob, while packing her room.
Origin and legends While dreamcatchers originated in the Ojibwa
Nation, during the Pan-Indian Movement of the 1960s and 1970s
they were adopted by Native Americans of a number of different
Nations. Some consider it a symbol of unity among the various
Indian Nations, and a general symbol of identification with
Native American or First Nati