US Army National Guard Cultural Resources Planning Level Survey - Mississippi

In February 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Jackson, Mississippi, to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned or supported Mississippi Army National Guard (MSARNG) facilities in the state. The work was conducted by St. Louis District personnel to provide the baseline data necessary to locate and assess archaeological collections from the investigated MSARNG facilities, as well as to provide MSARNG with background information regarding the potential cultural affiliation of their cultural resources. This document conveys the results of the research conducted to assist MSARNG with the identification of potentially culturally affiliated Native American groups and provides a point of contact list for these groups. In total, 18 federally recognized Native American tribes were identified as representing seven Native American groups that may have cultural affiliation to MSARNG cultural resources. The Choctaw once controlled the land that is currently occupied by the two federally owned or supported MSARNG facilities, Camp McCain and Camp Shelby. However, a number of other Native American groups inhabited and/or ranged within areas of the present state of Mississippi, including the Chickasaw, Natchez, Tunica-Biloxi, and Alabama and Coushatta. In addition, individuals from the aforementioned tribes emigrated to and merged with a number of Native groups such as the Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole. These groups, although geographically marginal to Mississippi, influenced the Native history of the area, and may also claim cultural affiliation with MSARNG collections. The extent, nature, and location of archaeological collections recovered from work conducted on the MSARNG facilities will be determined in the second phase of this project, to be completed during Fiscal Year 1999.

1998年2月，圣路易斯分区（St. Louis District）人员到访位于密西西比州杰克逊市的密西西比档案与历史部（Mississippi Department of Archives and History），以调研针对州内联邦所有或资助的密西西比陆军国民警卫队（Mississippi Army National Guard, MSARNG）设施开展的考古与历史建筑勘测工作。本次工作由圣路易斯分区人员主导，旨在获取基线数据，用于定位并评估调研的MSARNG设施中的考古遗存，同时为MSARNG提供其文化资源潜在文化归属的背景信息。本文件呈现了本次研究的成果，以协助MSARNG识别可能存在文化关联的美洲原住民族群，并附上了这些族群的联络清单。经统计，共计识别出18个联邦认可的美洲原住民部落，归属于7个可能与MSARNG文化资源存在文化关联的美洲原住民族群。乔克托族（Choctaw）曾掌控目前设有两处联邦所有或资助的MSARNG设施——麦凯恩营（Camp McCain）与谢尔比营（Camp Shelby）的土地。此外，奇克索族（Chickasaw）、纳奇兹族（Natchez）、图尼卡-比洛西族（Tunica-Biloxi）以及阿拉巴马-库萨塔族（Alabama and Coushatta）等诸多其他美洲原住民族群，曾在如今的密西西比州境内栖息或活动。另有来自上述部落的个体迁徙并融入克里克族（Creek）、切罗基族（Cherokee）、塞米诺尔族（Seminole）等诸多原住民群体。这些族群虽地理上与密西西比州相隔较远，却对该区域的原住民历史产生了影响，同样可能与MSARNG遗存存在文化关联。本项目第二阶段将确定从MSARNG设施考古工作中回收的考古遗存的范围、性质与位置，该阶段计划于1999财年完成。