The tomahawk is displayed in the university’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. The tomahawk was once gifted to a lawyer representing Native Americans who were not yet considered “people” according to federal law.
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Standing Bear Descendant Calls on Harvard to Return Ancestral Tomahawk
Brett Chapman, an Oklahoma attorney with Pawnee, Ponca and Kiowa heritage, is calling for Harvard University to return the single-handed axe wielded by Ponca chief Standing Bear. So reports The Guardian.
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