Quinney Coat Returns After Decades | Green Bay News

Green Bay News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 15, 2026 · 2m

After decades of relentless advocacy, the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Community has triumphantly reclaimed vital ancestral artifacts—including a historically significant tanned hide coat once misidentified at the Smithsonian—marking a landmark victory in cultural repatriation. Through strategic legal and ethical framing under new Smithsonian policies, tribal researchers successfully proved the coat’s ceremonial importance and its acquisition during a time of Indigenous hardship. This breakthrough catalyzed a wave of returns: silver armbands, wampum, a presidential peace medal, and more from…