49948 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 164 / Thursday, August 25, 2005 / Notices 

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 

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.

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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The Neville Public Museum of Brown 

County has determined that the 

wampum belt is an object of cultural 

patrimony that has ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. Cultural 

affiliation with the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin, and the 

museum’s determination that the 

wampum belt is an object of cultural 

patrimony, are based on museum 

documentation and oral history, as well 

as consultation evidence presented by 

representatives of the Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin that 

indicates that no individual had or has 

the right to alienate a wampum belt.

Officials of the Neville Public 

Museum of Brown County have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (3)(D), the one cultural item 

described above has ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. Officials of the 

Neville Public Museum of Brown 

County 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 object of cultural patrimony and the 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin.

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the one object of cultural 

patrimony should contact Eugene 

Umberger, Director, Neville Public 

Museum of Brown County, 210 Museum 

Place, Green Bay, WI 54303, telephone 

(920) 448–4460, before September 26, 

2005. Repatriation of the object of 

cultural patrimony to the Stockbridge 

Munsee Community, Wisconsin may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward.

Neville Public Museum of Brown 

County is responsible for notifying the 

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin 

and Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin 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 Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

This notice rescinds the Federal 

Register Notice of Intent to Repatriate 

Cultural Items of December 10, 2003, FR 

Doc. 03–30567, page 68950. This notice 

changes the cultural items described in 

the previously published notice from 

unassociated funerary objects to 

associated funerary objects and adds the 

human remains representing a 

minimum of one individual.

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in the possession of the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

West Warwick, Kent County, RI.

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.

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Peabody Museum 

of Archaeology and Ethnology 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Narragansett 

Indian Tribe of Rhode Island.

In 1957, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from West Warwick, Kent 

County, RI, by Dave Straight. The 

human remains were donated to the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology by the Massachusetts 

Archaeological Society through Maurice 

Robbins later that same year. The 

human remains were found during the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology’s inventory process after the 

publication of the Notice of Intent to 

Repatriate Cultural Items on December 

10, 2003. The two associated funerary 

objects are one bag of bark fragments 

and one box of brass kettle fragments.

This interment most likely dates to 

the post-contact period or later (post 

A.D. 1500). Copper and brass kettles 

were European trade items, and 

therefore support a post-contact 

temporal context for the burial. In 

addition, museum documentation 

describes the human remains as 

‘‘Narragansett.’’ Such a specific 

attribution suggests that the burial dates 

to the Historic period. The burial 

context indicates that the burial was of 

a Native American. Oral tradition and 

historical documentation indicate that 

West Warwick, RI, is within the 

aboriginal and historic homeland of the 

Narragansett people during the Contact 

period. The present-day tribe 

representing the Narragansett people is 

the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode 

Island.

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (9-10), the human remains listed 

above represent the physical remains of 

one individual of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

also have determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the two objects 

listed 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. Lastly, officials of the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology 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 associated funerary objects and the 

Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode 

Island.

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Patricia Capone, Repatriation 

Coordinator, Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, before September 26, 2005. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode 

Island may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward.

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology is responsible for 

notifying the Narragansett Indian Tribe 

of Rhode Island that this notice has been 

published.

Dated: July 22, 2005

Sherry Hutt,

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

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