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Jingle Dress Origin This story is passed from generation to generation in the Ojibway Native and it came as a vision. An Elderly man had a daughter who was very sick, he prayed and offered tobacco to his creator for his daughter to get well. A vision came to him to make his daughter a dress, ( JINGLE DRESS ) made out of jingles. She was to wear this dress to make her well. In the Ojibway tribe of the Lake of the Woods area this is called " ODIIZEOON. " That which means something given through a vision for a particular person from the spirit world. They were instructed to prepare a feast for the dress to give thanks to the creator. The jingle dress is held very high in the Ojibway Natives. It is sacred because of its origins and the purpose it was given. It is to be treated with great respect. Lake of the Woods Museum Kenora Ontario
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