what does it mean when we dream of certain creatures?

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www.native-languages.org/sioux-legends.htm

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I have had dreams about a black snake since childhood, and now I think I know why. Does ikto send zuzeca sapa to me? Since I began my translations everything has become so clear to me. It shames me to have been of the wasicu invaders. During all my childhood my Dad said this one thing to me, over and over again and when I was in Rapid City I bought a small paperback Lakota-English dictionary and deciphered his saying to me, which was this, "lila (very) washte (good) khola (friend) washte (of the good) wanich (I have none)" After reading the writings of George Sword, I have been, little by little, profoundly affected by the Lakhota reality.

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www.native-languages.org/morelegends/unktehila.htm

from the link, "Horned serpents are a type of mythological freshwater serpent common to many tribes of the eastern United States and Canada. Horned serpent legends vary somewhat from tribe to tribe, but they are usually described as huge, scaly, dragon-like serpents with horns and long teeth. Sometimes they move about on the land, but are more often found in lakes and rivers. The ubiquity of horned serpent stories in this region has led some people to speculate that they are based on a real animal (such as some sort of now-extinct giant crocodile.) However, in Native American myths and legends, horned serpents are usually very supernatural in character-- possessing magical abilities such as shape-shifting, invisibility, or hypnotic powers; bestowing powerful medicine upon humans who defeat them or help them; controlling storms and weather, and so on-- and were venerated as gods or spirit beings in some tribes. And unlike other animals such as crocodiles and snakes, horned serpents are not included in common Woodland Indian folktales about the animal kingdom. So it is likely that horned serpents have always been viewed as mythological spirits, not as animals, and that belief in them was simply very widespread in the eastern part of the country. Indeed, horned serpent mythology may trace back to ancestors of Eastern Native American tribes such as the Hopewell, Mississippian, and other mound-builder civilizations, as stylized serpent motifs have been found in their earthworks and artifacts which bear some resemblance to the horned serpents of historical Native American tribes."