Clyde Bellecourt, Thunder Before the Storm, Ojibway Nation, leading the Sunrise Ceremony.

TheEagle Bone Whistle is considered very sacred and to blow them for anyother purpose would not be respectful. They are used by the shamans ofAsia and the Native Peoples of North America and by Medicine Men tocall spirits, blown in time with the drum by the dancers during the SunDance, and used during the Grass Dance.

The tibula bone of aneagle wing is used for the whistle. It is attached to a buckskin cordand tipped with a white plume feather from the breast of a goldeneagle. The sound of the eagle bone whistle can be heard by the GreatSpirit (Wakan Takan).