Eiteljorg Museum to Repatriate Tenskwatawa Prayer Stick to Shawnee Tribe
November 12, 2026
November 12, 2026
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (TNSFR) -- The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art in Indianapolis, Indiana, intends to repatriate a Tenskwatawa Prayer Stick, an object of cultural patrimony, to the Shawnee Tribe.
The carved wooden stick, possibly made by Tenskwatawa, also known as the Shawnee Prophet and brother of Tecumseh, was reportedly distributed to holders of war bundles with the Winnebago in 1805 at Prophet Town near Greenville, Ohio. Tenskwatawa later lived on the Shawn . . .
The carved wooden stick, possibly made by Tenskwatawa, also known as the Shawnee Prophet and brother of Tecumseh, was reportedly distributed to holders of war bundles with the Winnebago in 1805 at Prophet Town near Greenville, Ohio. Tenskwatawa later lived on the Shawn . . .