bone whistles

Gannon, Thomas C. (2009). Skylark Meets Meadowlark: Reimagining the Bird in British Romantic and Contemporary Native American Literature, p.227. University of Nebraska. ISBN 9780803226166. "For their use in the Sun Dance, see Standing Bear, My People 114; Fire and Erdoes 198, 206, 210. ... Momaday mentions the use of the eagle bone whistle in a Kiowa ceremony (Way 39)", p.363, n.40.
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Storyteller, rebel, medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A full-blooded Sioux, he was many things in the white man’s world—rodeo clown, painter, prisoner. But, above all, he was a holy man. Lame Deer’s story is one of a harsh youth and reckless manhood, a shotgun marriage and divorce, a history and folklore as rich today as when first published—and of his fierce struggle to keep his pride intact, living as a Born in the 1860s, the son of a Lakota chief, Standing Bear was in the first class at Carlisle Indian School, witnessed the Ghost Dance uprising from the Pine Ridge Reservation, toured Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and devoted his later years to the Indian rights movement of the 1920s and 1930s.

Use[edit]

Eagle bone whistles are only used in certain ceremonies in the Southwest and Plains cultures.^[1] The eagle bone whistle may be considered as a ceremonial or sacred object which may not be considered a musical instrument, if music is defined as entertainment: "There is no time or need...to wallow in distinctions between a feather-and-bone raptor and a bone whistle avian mysticism; one would no doubt end in dichotomous Western readings thereof."^[4]

The whistle is used in some Peyote ceremonies of some sects of the Native American Church.^[5] Eagle bone whistles are used in a number of Sun Dance cultures, such as the Crow.^[3] The eagle-bone whistle is also used by the Lakota people in certain ceremonies,^[4] such as some Sun Dances.^[6]

Navajo/Ute flutist R. Carlos Nakai claims to use an "eagle-bone whistle" (or possibly an imitation one) on multiple albums.^[7]

see also Drums

WHISTLES of the Native American Indian Plains Indian war whistles, eagle bone whistles, buffalo whistles, braves whistle, dog dance whistle, wolf whistle, etc

(Replica Eagle Bone Whistles are made with goose and turkey bones in lieu of the traditional Eagle bone , keeping in accordance with the laws regarding the prohibition of sale or trade of birds of prey)

WHISTLES The bones that we use are nearly as long as Eagle wing bones, but made from goose wing bones deer skin pouch for carrying the whistle on a belt or as a neck bag etc. - pouch (B) DECORATED - Paintwork, neck strap, trade beads from the 1800's and feathers (C) WITH MEDICINE BUNDLE - hand braided neck strap, medicine bundle (Buffalo fur) with beaded embellishments, trade beads, crow beads, feathers, red earth paints, etc. WITH BEADED PENDANT- wrapped beads, neck strap and feather Natural clay paints are used This whistle was made from a goose wing and looks like an Eagle whistle made from an Eagle wing bone

EAGLE BONE WHISTLE The Eagle bone whistle is an extremely powerful spiritual object. Every young man was to make his own whistle, he was required to lay in wait covered with brush and earth and catch an eagle with his bare hands to do this. It was a most difficult and dangerous task. After the catch, the Eagle was Honored in Ceremony, and the young man used his wing bone to make his whistle. He used the Eagles feathers for his personal regalia. With the exception of the center tail feather, Which was gifted to the Holy Man.

Pte Ceya Wakan Winyan (In Lakota Sacred Crying Buffalo Woman)

WHISTLES WERE MADE WITH VARIOUS BONES INCLUDING EAGLE WING BONES, GOOSE BONES, SWAN, ETC.

Whistle with Buffalo Strap and sinew

BLACKFOOT WAR WHISTLE

Plain Whistle

Whistle - glass beads, clay paints, buffalo fur, medicine bundle, feather, old trade beads, braided strap, brain tanned deer skin, etc

Replica of a Blackfoot War Whistle bone, size 13 glass beads, sinew, deer skin, clay paints

whistle (above) made with a goose wing bone, buffalo fur, braided strap, brain tanned deer skin, old trade beads, calico, paint work, etc

This whistle with beaded pendant and buffalo medicine bundle

based on a Northern Plains whistle before 1870

Whistle with Pouch

MEMBERS OF IACA (Indian Arts & Crafts Association)

Use[edit]

Eagle bone whistles are only used in certain ceremonies in the Southwest and Plains cultures.^[1] The eagle bone whistle may be considered as a ceremonial or sacred object which may not be considered a musical instrument, if music is defined as entertainment: "There is no time or need...to wallow in distinctions between a feather-and-bone raptor and a bone whistle avian mysticism; one would no doubt end in dichotomous Western readings thereof."^[4]

The whistle is used in some Peyote ceremonies of some sects of the Native American Church.^[5] Eagle bone whistles are used in a number of Sun Dance cultures, such as the Crow.^[3] The eagle-bone whistle is also used by the Lakota people in certain ceremonies,^[4] such as some Sun Dances.^[6]

Navajo/Ute flutist R. Carlos Nakai claims to use an "eagle-bone whistle" (or possibly an imitation one) on multiple albums.^[7]

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Luther Standing Bear (December 1868 – February 20, 1939) (Óta Kté or "Plenty Kill" also known as Matȟó Nážiŋ or "Standing Bear") was an Oglala Lakota chief notable in American history as a Native American author, educator, philosopher, and actor of the twentieth century. Standing Bear fought to preserve Lakota heritage and sovereignty and was at the forefront of a Progressive movement to change government policy toward Native Americans.

Standing Bear was one of a small group of Lakota leaders of his generation, such as Gertrude Bonnin, and Charles Eastman, who were born and raised in the oral traditions of their culture, educated in white culture, and wrote significant historical accounts of their people and history in English. Luther’s experiences in early life, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Wild Westing with Buffalo Bill, and life on government reservations present a unique view of a Native American during the Progressive Era in American history. Standing Bear’s commentaries on Native American culture and wisdom educated the American public, deepened public awareness, and created popular support to change government policies toward Native American peoples. Luther Standing Bear helped create the popular twentieth-century image that Native American culture is holistic and respectful of nature; his classic commentaries appear in college-level reading lists in anthropology, literature, history, and philosophy, and constitute a legacy and treasury of Native American wisdom. My People The Sioux was first published in 1928.stranger in his own ancestral land.

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References[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to: ^{a b} Maroukis, Thomas Constantine (2005). Peyote and the Yankton Sioux: The Life and Times of Sam Necklace, p.174. University of Oklahoma. ISBN 9780806136493. "Some of the visitors join us in all our social, spiritual, and other activities and become adopted members. This book was written by such a man [Maroukis], who came to visit us and was accepted into our family over the last fifteen years." Leonard Bruguier, "Foreword", p.xii-iii.
2. ^ Maroukis, Thomas C. (2012). The Peyote Road: Religious Freedom and the Native American Church, p.84. University of Oklahoma. ISBN 9780806185965.
3. ^ Jump up to: ^{a b} Fred W, Voget (1984). The Shoshoni-Crow Sun Dance. The Shoshoni-Crow Sun Dance. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 308. ISBN 0-8061-1886-5. Retrieved 22 May 2011. "I wish to express my gratitude to the many Crows who contributed information assistance," Preface, p.xvi.
4. ^ Jump up to: ^{a b} Gannon, Thomas C. (2009). Skylark Meets Meadowlark: Reimagining the Bird in British Romantic and Contemporary Native American Literature, p.227. University of Nebraska. ISBN 9780803226166. "For their use in the Sun Dance, see Standing Bear, My People 114; Fire and Erdoes 198, 206, 210. ... Momaday mentions the use of the eagle bone whistle in a Kiowa ceremony (Way 39)", p.363, n.40.
5. ^ Swan, Daniel C. (1999). Peyote Religious Art: Symbols of Faith and Belief, p.29. University of Mississippi. ISBN 9781578060962.
6. ^ Melmer, David (6/11/2007). "Bald eagles may come off threatened list", IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com. Retrieved July 2016.
7. ^ R. Carlos Nakai at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
8. ^ "50 CFR 22.1 - What is the purpose of this part?". Cornell University Law School - Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
9. ^ "Migratory Bird Management Information: List of Protected Birds (10.13) Questions and Answers" (PDF). US Fish & Wildlife Service. 17 September 1999. Retrieved 7 August 2015. As amended 20 May 2008.
10. ^ Drone pilot buzzed Bald Eagle's Nest Capital Gazette. Selene Felice. 25/04/18. Retrieved: 17/05/18

A Native rereading of both British Romanticism and mainstream Euro-American ecocriticism, this cross-cultural transatlantic study of literary imaginings about birds sets the agenda for a more sophisticated and nuanced ecocriticism. Lakota critic Thomas C. Gannon explores how poets and nature writers in Britain and Native America have incorporated birds into their writings. He discerns an evolution in humankind’s representations—and attitudes toward—other species by examining the avian images and tropes in British Romantic and Native American literatures, and by considering how such literary treatment succeeds from an ecological or animal-rights perspective.

 

Such depictions, Gannon argues, reveal much about underlying cultural and historical relationships with the Other—whether other species or other peoples. He elucidates the changing interconnections between birds and humans in British Romanticism from Cowper to Clare, with particular attention to Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, and Keats. Gannon then considers how birds are imagined by Native writers, including early Lakota authors and contemporary poets such as Linda Hogan and Joy Harjo. Ultimately he shows how the sensitive and far-reaching connections with nature forged by Native American writers encourage a more holistic reimagining of humankind’s relationship to other animals.