Giving back sacred antiquities to their rightful owners is one the coolest acts of philanthropy I can think of. Not that many other forms of philanthropy are less than worthy, just this type specifically is on its own level.
Most likely out of Pipestone Minnesota, they take their pipes serious. The bowl piece is a specific type of stone that i believe can only be found in that area, the right piece is normally made from wood, it just twists on, resin gives it a solid connection after use. Used to have one that was given to me but it got stolen.
I knew a woman once, Sandra Speiden, who did the same thing. She was browsing an estate auction 1986 and came upon a peace pipe. She was not of native blood but she told me later that it spoke to her, so she bought it. She never told me how much she paid for it. Years of research later, she believed that the pipe was made by Sitting Bull himself and that the pipe should be returned to his family. She located his great-great-great grandson, and it turned out he was going to be in Washington DC for the grand opening celebration of the National Museum of the American Indian. She met him there and presented the pipe to him, and it was determined that it was, in fact, a pipe made by Sitting Bull. He requested that she present the pipe to the Lakota nation during the opening ceremony of the annual 300-mile horseback Big Foot Memorial Ride to Wounded Knee. During the ceremony, she was gifted a star quilt. She became very ill and was hospitalized during the ride and didn't complete it, unfortunately, but came home with a hell of a story.
Sometimes I really miss my friend. We would ride for hours in the foothills of the Blue Ridge and she'd have so many stories...she really lived a full life.
rider_of_the_storm on October 20th, 2019 at 01:34 UTC »
Giving back sacred antiquities to their rightful owners is one the coolest acts of philanthropy I can think of. Not that many other forms of philanthropy are less than worthy, just this type specifically is on its own level.
IKnewYouCouldDoIt on October 20th, 2019 at 01:40 UTC »
Most likely out of Pipestone Minnesota, they take their pipes serious. The bowl piece is a specific type of stone that i believe can only be found in that area, the right piece is normally made from wood, it just twists on, resin gives it a solid connection after use. Used to have one that was given to me but it got stolen.
LilSis279 on October 20th, 2019 at 02:50 UTC »
I knew a woman once, Sandra Speiden, who did the same thing. She was browsing an estate auction 1986 and came upon a peace pipe. She was not of native blood but she told me later that it spoke to her, so she bought it. She never told me how much she paid for it. Years of research later, she believed that the pipe was made by Sitting Bull himself and that the pipe should be returned to his family. She located his great-great-great grandson, and it turned out he was going to be in Washington DC for the grand opening celebration of the National Museum of the American Indian. She met him there and presented the pipe to him, and it was determined that it was, in fact, a pipe made by Sitting Bull. He requested that she present the pipe to the Lakota nation during the opening ceremony of the annual 300-mile horseback Big Foot Memorial Ride to Wounded Knee. During the ceremony, she was gifted a star quilt. She became very ill and was hospitalized during the ride and didn't complete it, unfortunately, but came home with a hell of a story.
Sometimes I really miss my friend. We would ride for hours in the foothills of the Blue Ridge and she'd have so many stories...she really lived a full life.