Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Preservation Division, Jackson, MS, 49947-49948 [05-16880]
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Indian Tribe of the Port Madison
Reservation, Washington. Historical
evidence presented during consultation
supports this determination.
Officials of the Kitsap County
Coroner’s Office have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains listed above represent
the physical remains of a minimum of
two individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Kitsap County
Coroner’s Office also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Suquamish Indian
Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation,
Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Louise Hall, Chief
Deputy Coroner, Kitsap County
Coroner’s Office, 714 Division Street
MS–17, Port Orchard, WA 98366,
telephone (360) 337–5603, before
September 26, 2005. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Suquamish
Indian Tribe of the Port Madison
Reservation, Washington may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
Kitsap County Coroner’s Office is
responsible for notifying the Suquamish
Indian Tribe of the Port Madison
Reservation, Washington that this notice
has been published.
Dated: July 22, 2005.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05–16879 Filed 8–24–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Louisiana State University Museum of
Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA;
Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.8 (f), that, upon
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, the Louisiana State University
Museum of Natural Science, Baton
Rouge, LA, rescinds the notice of
inventory completion published in the
Federal Register of December 13, 2000
(FR Doc 00–31659, 77908) because the
Louisiana State University Museum of
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Natural Science has determined that the
Mississippi Department of Archives and
History, Historic Preservation Division,
Jackson, MS, has legal control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects from the Fatherland site
(22AD001), Adams County, MS.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d) (3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
The December 13, 2000, notice
identified the Louisiana State University
Museum of Natural Science as having
possession of human remains and
associated funerary objects from the
Fatherland site (22AD001), Adams
County, MS. Following publication of
the notice, Mississippi Department of
Archives and History, Historic
Preservation Division submitted
additional documentation regarding
control of the aforementioned items to
the Louisiana State University Museum
of Natural Science. Upon evaluation of
the new documentation, Louisiana State
University Museum of Natural Science
reconsidered its control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
from the Fatherland site (22AD001) and
transferred possession to the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History,
Historic Preservation Division in March
2005. The human remains and
associated funerary objects are now in
the possession and control of the
Mississippi Department of Archives and
History, Historic Preservation Division.
The Mississippi Department of
Archives and History, Historic
Preservation Division, as the museum in
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects, is
responsible for determining cultural
affiliation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects from the
Fatherland site (22AD001). The
Mississippi Department of Archives and
History, Historic Preservation Division
will consult and notify the proper
groups once cultural affiliation is
determined.
Representatives of any tribal
government who wish to comment on
this notice should address their
comments to Pamela D. Edwards,
Mississippi Department of Archives and
History, Historic Preservation Division,
P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205,
telephone (601) 576–6940.
Louisiana State University Museum of
Natural Science is responsible for
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notifying the Chitimacha Tribe of
Louisiana that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 22, 2005.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: Mississippi Department of
Archives and History, Historic
Preservation Division, Jackson, MS
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the
possession of the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History,
Historic Preservation Division, Jackson,
MS, that meet the definition of
‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ under
25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
An assessment of the cultural items
was made by the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History,
Historic Preservation Division
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma.
In the summer of 1937, one cultural
item was removed from the McCullough
site (MLe11), Lee County, MS, along a
ridgetop south of Kings Creek, by
Moreau Chambers, an archeologist with
the Mississippi Department of Archives
and History, Historic Preservation
Division as part of an ongoing survey
and legally authorized excavation. The
excavation and survey were undertaken
to study Chickasaw culture in Lee
County, MS, and to find the location of
the Battle of Ackia, as part of the
process for establishing Ackia
Battleground National Monument. The
one cultural item, a shell gorget, was
found in association with Native
American human remains.
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The McCullough site (MLe11) was
determined by Mr. Chambers not to be
the location of the Battle of Ackia, but
a multi-component site consisting of a
possibly late prehistoric component, an
early Chickasaw component, and a later
historic Chickasaw component based on
the type of prehistoric and historic
artifacts found, ethnohistorical maps,
local tradition, and archeological
findings (Atkinson 1985; B. Lieb,
personal communication 2005; Stubbs
1982). The ethnohistorical maps show
this area to be inhabited by historic
Chickasaw. Allotment records also show
that Ah Thla Tubby, a Chickasaw, was
allotted this section of land in 1836
(Stubbs 1982).
In the summer of 1937, Mr. Chambers
removed cultural items from the AlstonWilson site (MLe14), Lee County, MS.
The 550 cultural items are 1 shell ear
plug; 6 grog-tempered potsherds; 1
gunspall; 1 clear, cut-faceted, crystal
bead; 455 blue seed beads (Type IIA4);
15 large, wound, glass necklace beads
with a heavy patina (Type WIA6); 29
wound, mold-faceted, clear, glass
necklace beads (Type WIIA2); 12 blue,
faceted glass necklace beads (Type
WIIA3); 1 wound, mold-faceted, amber
glass necklace bead (Type WIIA4); 9
drawn and wound, black and white
(‘‘rattlesnake’’) beads (Type WIIIA5); 1
drawn, spiral-striped, black and white
bead (Type WIIIA3); 18 tubular, faceted,
translucent beads (Type WIIC1); and 1
translucent, oval-shaped, faceted
necklace bead (Type WIC1). The 550
cultural items were found in association
with Native American human remains.
The human remains associated with
these cultural items from the
McCullough and Alston-Wilson sites
were stored in an off-site repository in
Jackson, MS. In the 1940s, the
repository burned and the human
remains were destroyed and are no
longer in the possession of the
Mississippi Department of Archives and
History, Historic Preservation Division.
The Alston-Wilson site, now better
known as MLe14 because of later
excavations by Jesse Jennings in 1939 on
behalf of the National Park Service, was
excavated one month after the
McCullough site and has a major
occupation dating to A.D.1730–1750.
Archeological evidence found at the
Alston-Wilson site suggests that this site
was part of a major historic Chickasaw
village. In the 1730s, there were two
major villages in the vicinity of the
Alston-Wilson site that were occupied
by the Chickasaw: Tchichatala and
Falatchao. Tchichatala was a major
Chickasaw village. Falatchao was a
‘‘white mother town’’ meaning it was
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both a ‘‘white’’ town (or a peace town,
as opposed to a ‘‘red’’ war town) and
‘‘mother’’ town from which other towns
emerged (Hudson 1976:238–239: Nairne
[1708] 1988:38).
Both Tchichatala and Falatchao are
recognized in historical documents as
being occupied by the Chickasaw.
However, because of the fluid nature of
Chickasaw village occupation, it is
difficult to identify the specific
boundaries of historic Chickasaw
villages. Therefore, based on the
archeological evidence that the site was
part of a major Chickasaw village and at
that time both villages were in the area,
the Alston-Wilson site is most probably
part of either the village of Tchichatala
or Falatchao (Atkinson 1985, 2004; Brad
Lieb, personal communication 2004;
Cook et al. 1980; Jennings 1941; Johnson
et al. 2004).
Based on historical evidence that Lee
County, MS, where both the AlstonWilson site (MLe14) and the
McCullough site (MLe11) are located,
was occupied by the Chickasaw until
their removal to Oklahoma from 1837
until 1850, both sites are probably
Chickasaw. The Chickasaws are
represented by the present-day
Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma.
Officials of the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History,
Historic Preservation Division have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the 551 cultural items
described above are reasonably believed
to have been placed with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
Officials of the Mississippi Department
of Archives and History, Historic
Preservation Division also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the
Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the 551 unassociated
funerary objects should contact Pamela
D. Edwards, Mississippi Department of
Archives and History, Historic
Preservation Division, P. O. Box 571,
Jackson, MS 39205, telephone (601)
576–6940, before September 26, 2005.
Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to the Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
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The Mississippi Department of
Archives and History, Historic
Preservation Division is responsible for
notifying the Chickasaw Nation,
Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 26, 2005.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural
Item: Neville Public Museum of Brown
County, Green Bay, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate a cultural item in the
possession of the Neville Public
Museum of Brown County, Green Bay,
WI, that meets the definition of ‘‘objects
of cultural patrimony’’ under 25 U.S.C.
3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the cultural
item. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The cultural item is a wampum belt,
30 inches long and 2 inches wide,
composed of white beads strung on
hemp with four intersecting rows of
black beads.
Neville Public Museum of Brown
County professional staff consulted with
the representatives of the Oneida Tribe
of Indians of Wisconsin and Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
In 1923, the cultural item was
purchased by Arthur Neville, Director of
the Green Bay City Museum. The Green
Bay City Museum became the Neville
Public Museum of Brown County in
1927. According to museum
documentation, the wampum belt was
purchased from Phoebe Quinney for
$10.00. Mrs. Quinney was the widow of
Osceola Quinney, Sachem of the
Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin. Mr. Quinney had inherited
the title and wampum belt from his
father, John Quinney.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Mississippi
Department of Archives and History, Historic Preservation Division,
Jackson, MS
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History, Historic Preservation Division,
Jackson, MS, that meet the definition of ``unassociated funerary
objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
An assessment of the cultural items was made by the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History, Historic Preservation Division
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma.
In the summer of 1937, one cultural item was removed from the
McCullough site (MLe11), Lee County, MS, along a ridgetop south of
Kings Creek, by Moreau Chambers, an archeologist with the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History, Historic Preservation Division as
part of an ongoing survey and legally authorized excavation. The
excavation and survey were undertaken to study Chickasaw culture in Lee
County, MS, and to find the location of the Battle of Ackia, as part of
the process for establishing Ackia Battleground National Monument. The
one cultural item, a shell gorget, was found in association with Native
American human remains.
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The McCullough site (MLe11) was determined by Mr. Chambers not to
be the location of the Battle of Ackia, but a multi-component site
consisting of a possibly late prehistoric component, an early Chickasaw
component, and a later historic Chickasaw component based on the type
of prehistoric and historic artifacts found, ethnohistorical maps,
local tradition, and archeological findings (Atkinson 1985; B. Lieb,
personal communication 2005; Stubbs 1982). The ethnohistorical maps
show this area to be inhabited by historic Chickasaw. Allotment records
also show that Ah Thla Tubby, a Chickasaw, was allotted this section of
land in 1836 (Stubbs 1982).
In the summer of 1937, Mr. Chambers removed cultural items from the
Alston-Wilson site (MLe14), Lee County, MS. The 550 cultural items are
1 shell ear plug; 6 grog-tempered potsherds; 1 gunspall; 1 clear, cut-
faceted, crystal bead; 455 blue seed beads (Type IIA4); 15 large,
wound, glass necklace beads with a heavy patina (Type WIA6); 29 wound,
mold-faceted, clear, glass necklace beads (Type WIIA2); 12 blue,
faceted glass necklace beads (Type WIIA3); 1 wound, mold-faceted, amber
glass necklace bead (Type WIIA4); 9 drawn and wound, black and white
(``rattlesnake'') beads (Type WIIIA5); 1 drawn, spiral-striped, black
and white bead (Type WIIIA3); 18 tubular, faceted, translucent beads
(Type WIIC1); and 1 translucent, oval-shaped, faceted necklace bead
(Type WIC1). The 550 cultural items were found in association with
Native American human remains.
The human remains associated with these cultural items from the
McCullough and Alston-Wilson sites were stored in an off-site
repository in Jackson, MS. In the 1940s, the repository burned and the
human remains were destroyed and are no longer in the possession of the
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Preservation
Division.
The Alston-Wilson site, now better known as MLe14 because of later
excavations by Jesse Jennings in 1939 on behalf of the National Park
Service, was excavated one month after the McCullough site and has a
major occupation dating to A.D.1730-1750. Archeological evidence found
at the Alston-Wilson site suggests that this site was part of a major
historic Chickasaw village. In the 1730s, there were two major villages
in the vicinity of the Alston-Wilson site that were occupied by the
Chickasaw: Tchichatala and Falatchao. Tchichatala was a major Chickasaw
village. Falatchao was a ``white mother town'' meaning it was both a
``white'' town (or a peace town, as opposed to a ``red'' war town) and
``mother'' town from which other towns emerged (Hudson 1976:238-239:
Nairne [1708] 1988:38).
Both Tchichatala and Falatchao are recognized in historical
documents as being occupied by the Chickasaw. However, because of the
fluid nature of Chickasaw village occupation, it is difficult to
identify the specific boundaries of historic Chickasaw villages.
Therefore, based on the archeological evidence that the site was part
of a major Chickasaw village and at that time both villages were in the
area, the Alston-Wilson site is most probably part of either the
village of Tchichatala or Falatchao (Atkinson 1985, 2004; Brad Lieb,
personal communication 2004; Cook et al. 1980; Jennings 1941; Johnson
et al. 2004).
Based on historical evidence that Lee County, MS, where both the
Alston-Wilson site (MLe14) and the McCullough site (MLe11) are located,
was occupied by the Chickasaw until their removal to Oklahoma from 1837
until 1850, both sites are probably Chickasaw. The Chickasaws are
represented by the present-day Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma.
Officials of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History,
Historic Preservation Division have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 551 cultural items described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or
ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site of a Native American
individual. Officials of the Mississippi Department of Archives and
History, Historic Preservation Division also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced between the unassociated
funerary objects and the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the 551 unassociated funerary objects
should contact Pamela D. Edwards, Mississippi Department of Archives
and History, Historic Preservation Division, P. O. Box 571, Jackson, MS
39205, telephone (601) 576-6940, before September 26, 2005.
Repatriation of the unassociated funerary objects to the Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma may proceed after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic
Preservation Division is responsible for notifying the Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 26, 2005.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05-16880 Filed 8-24-05; 8:45 am]
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