Weisman is taking steps to return their Indigenous artifacts, but more can be done

Weisman is taking steps to return their Indigenous artifacts, but more can be done

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 Menom…