Good news!.... The new book Voices of Thunder - A Case Study of Great Lakes Dewclaw Rattles is now in print.

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The dewclaw rattles examined in this monograph study are ritual instruments once widespread among the Ojibwe and Potawatomi peoples of the Great Lakes region of North America. Used when communing with manidos or spirits in accordance with a religious tradition dating back generations, they are rare survivals found only occasionally in our national museums or private collections and seldom appearing in print.

While they may strike us as visually impressive, esoteric works of art, to the people who made and used them they are potent vehicles of prayer and a channel of communication with the spirit world. The sound of the rattle is the sound of thunder – voice of the Thunderers.

Paperback, 70 pages, 297 x 210 mm, illustrated with 2 colour photos, 16 black and white photos, 47 line drawings.