"The sacral power of the eagle is also represented by the eagle-bone whistle."

"The eagle-bone whistle is a traditional vehicle for prayer in [some] Sun Dance."

"The whistle signifies that the eagle knows no evil on this earth, and the Indian ... passes his prayer through that w…"

"There is no time or need here to wallow in distinctions between a feather-and-bone raptor and a bone whistle avian my…"

"I’m in a position where I don’t have to be labeled… I don’t have to call myself an Indian artist to sell my work, and…"

"I liked the way they looked. They were easy to work with my hands. The drawings turned into these magical things."

"I don’t like to feel like I have to stay within a certain style. I like to see things progress and turn into other th…"

"I had this internal need to be a healer. My mom was ill a lot when I was a kid. When she got cancer, I became interes…"

"“I want my children to be happy. I want them to find their own purpose in life rather than fall into a life that’s al…"

"My grandmother, my mother, and me, each one of us progressed into our own work, “I take a great deal of pride in bein…"