Nelda Goodman, a Menominee tribal elder, remembers when her white friend, Miriam Horneff, bought a ceremonial Big Drum on eBay from a former Boy Scout leader.
The drum belonged to the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Horneff wanted to return the drum to its original owners, so, with her will executors, she met with Alton “Sonny” Smart of the related Lac du Flambeau Chippewa tribe.
Smart is a traditional helper — or “skapaewes” in Menominee — who can be given the cultural authority from Bad River elders to transport it back to its Wisconsin reservation.
After Horneff died, Smart covered the drum with a blanket and returned it with a private ceremony. However, Goodman said Horneff had a deep fascination with cultural artifacts, and her estate sold off much of her collection, which included other Native objects that were not repatriated with such care.
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