http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery 64 photos in 22 albums en-US Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:03:11 -0500 Gallery 1.5.3, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/peoplesharvest/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery 144 131 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/peoplesharvest a755c3bf515efaac3a02827d49ae41cd Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:30:59 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/peoplesharvest/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/peoplesharvest/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/peoplesharvest/aaa.thumb.jpg 131 144 No description http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/news f6c11e93e826b315431ecaa64e30eca3 Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:51:40 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/turners/aag.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/turners/aag.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/turners/aag.thumb.jpg 100 144 Wissatinnewag news photos and media. http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/contaminant_dumping a6bd476866048c0a9a9ee15da028da29 Sun, 22 May 2005 14:34:33 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/contaminant_dumping/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/contaminant_dumping/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/contaminant_dumping/aaa.thumb.jpg 95 144 No description http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/garden2003 09690add45c17068906ec00e695b414a Sun, 09 Jan 2005 17:07:50 -0500 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/garden2003/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/garden2003/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/garden2003/aaa.thumb.jpg 97 144 Some photos of the Indigenous Gardens Project at Wissatinnewag. Indigenous varieties of corn (Metacomet Red flint), beans (indigenous cranberry bean); and squash (Connecticut field pumpkin and Algonkian pumpkin) make up our traditional 3 Sisters mound plantings. We also have ceremonial tobacco gardens (Cornplanter tobacco). Friends of Wissatinnewag Inc. is using these beautiful gardens to begin our indigenous seed-saving project, which strives to protect these indigenous varieties for future generations! http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/album01 ddad22d1f6c26768898185fd1fb06731 Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:33:44 -0500 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/album01/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/album01/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/album01/aaa.thumb.jpg 96 144 No description http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/turners f6165182e56580035e4b79c51b269243 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 19:52:05 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/turners/aag.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/turners/aag.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/turners/aag.thumb.jpg 100 144 No description http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/Eric_Johnson_letter 644ee71dec40606ed200fbf0a3376abb Thu, 13 May 2004 21:31:11 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Eric_Johnson_letter/aab.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Eric_Johnson_letter/aab.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Eric_Johnson_letter/aab.thumb.jpg 77 144 Dr. Johnson advocated for protection of Wissatinnewag(a.k.a. Peskeompskut) when The Friends of Wissatinnewag were working to purchase the ancient village site. http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/Prof_Letters 6b6491f43f366fbd662c96b023fd807b Thu, 13 May 2004 21:30:01 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Prof_Letters/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Prof_Letters/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Prof_Letters/aaa.thumb.jpg 194 144 Prof. Sweeney states that the area of the Wissatinnewag site ("Canada Hill and the Mackin sand bank") was inhabited for at least 7,800 years by Native peoples; he also notes how public funds for archeology are increasingly used to finance "for hire" archeological digs that facilitate development, instead of such funds being used to actually preserve sites. http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/garden 0ec9ccda0ab2e2ae3ca45e43fd65e7ed Fri, 07 May 2004 11:16:51 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/garden2003/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/garden2003/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/garden2003/aaa.thumb.jpg 97 144 Native Garden Gallery http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/documents cb968956325ab7029f6eaa1d6721eb6c Thu, 06 May 2004 01:56:30 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/1964_Newspaper_Articles/aac.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/1964_Newspaper_Articles/aac.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/1964_Newspaper_Articles/aac.thumb.jpg 114 144 Wissatinnewag Scanned Documents http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/Friends_letter_to_mayor_April3004 c0db90b2a87081a61342627537cb3e2d Thu, 06 May 2004 01:55:33 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Friends_letter_to_mayor_April3004/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Friends_letter_to_mayor_April3004/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Friends_letter_to_mayor_April3004/aaa.thumb.jpg 185 144 The Friends decline to participate in cable program controlled by Councilor Isaac Mass, and explain why; Friends also request that the 10 acre wetland be removed from the rezoning proposal. http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/Neil_Salisbury_letter 2c48ff94b782ba876b9568f1e087d65f Thu, 06 May 2004 01:26:33 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Neil_Salisbury_letter/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Neil_Salisbury_letter/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Neil_Salisbury_letter/aaa.thumb.jpg 75 144 Prof. Salisbury states that burials have been found at the ancient village site in the past. http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/1964_Newspaper_Articles 1ceec1b19fc48b28326eb4543654bd8d Thu, 06 May 2004 00:08:47 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/1964_Newspaper_Articles/aac.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/1964_Newspaper_Articles/aac.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/1964_Newspaper_Articles/aac.thumb.jpg 114 144 This article documents that complete human skeletal remains have been recoved from the Wissatinnewag site, formally known as the Mackin sand bank, on Canada Hill Road in Greenfield. The man in the article who recovered the skeleton is the same person who has come forward with a sworn affidavit, giving eye-witness testimony that he witnessed dumping and bulldozing of human skeletal remains into the 10 acre wetland known as R5-23 on French King Highway. http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/Press_Release_May5 5e45e836b20ddf3fb11d8eeb0eb0d608 Wed, 05 May 2004 23:51:03 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Press_Release_May5/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Press_Release_May5/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Press_Release_May5/aaa.thumb.jpg 183 144 No description http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/1999_Springfield_Union_News a4a1fc67b6771dbb218df62419b51d46 Wed, 05 May 2004 23:47:37 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/1999_Springfield_Union_News/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/1999_Springfield_Union_News/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/1999_Springfield_Union_News/aaa.thumb.jpg 174 144 This article details how the State Historical Commission ordered a halt to the removal of sand from the Wissatinnewag site, known then as the Mackin sand bank, on Canada Hill Road, after remains at the site were determined by the State Medical Examiner's Office to be prehistoric human cremations. http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/Flynt_letter 006b7f0a46111dc94e3dd5043ca2ef7c Wed, 05 May 2004 23:16:16 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Flynt_letter/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Flynt_letter/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Flynt_letter/aaa.thumb.jpg 180 144 In this letter, Mrs. Flynt expresses her knowledge of the eyewitness account of burials being removed from Wissatinnewag and dumped in White Ash Swamp, known as R5-23. http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/tribal_support_letters cd982a10e61612a907be79b6fe2ca0b5 Sun, 02 May 2004 18:06:07 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/tribal_support_letters/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/tribal_support_letters/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/tribal_support_letters/aaa.thumb.jpg 192 144 The Abenaki Nation of Odanak was one of several Native American communities which took in the survivors of the Turner's Falls massacre at the ancient village of Wissatinnewag, also known as Peskeompskut. http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/affidavit_george_nelson 962dbf0e36ded39ab14de51be2636324 Sun, 02 May 2004 18:04:49 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/affidavit_george_nelson/aad.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/affidavit_george_nelson/aad.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/affidavit_george_nelson/aad.thumb.jpg 185 144 Under "the pains and penalties of perjury," Mr. Nelson recounts in detail the destruction of archeological features, the dumping and bulldozing of human skeletal remains into the White Ash Swamp, his salvage of some of these remains and donation of them to the Northfield Museum, and the salvage of an undamaged skeleton from the Mackin sand bank on Canada Hill, which is now owned by the Friends of Wissatinnewag, Inc. http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/album07 519c4c0bbadccd0d706d1bc9a2172480 Sun, 02 May 2004 11:04:40 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/album07/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/album07/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/album07/aaa.thumb.jpg 80 144 No description http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/Medical_Examiner bec0333f00588d163cb29bbf3867c544 Sun, 02 May 2004 11:02:11 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Medical_Examiner/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Medical_Examiner/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/Medical_Examiner/aaa.thumb.jpg 186 144 In this Dec. 16th, 1999 letter to the Massachusetts Historical Commission, Dr. Ann Marie Mires, Ph.D., Forensic Anthropologist and Director of the Human Identification Unit for the State Medical Examiner's office states: "After examining all of the material from the Mackin site I am convinced that there is enough material here to suggest that prehistoric cremations are present at the Mackin Site and that they are being disturbed by current and past mechanical operations at the site." http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/USET 91718ae60a00f50d894faedf8011fecf Sun, 02 May 2004 10:59:34 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/USET/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/USET/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/USET/aaa.thumb.jpg 197 144 No description http://www.wissatinnewag.org/gallery/DEM_Site_Vist_Mahlstedt ff6274ce19c1e3bb93f9419688ff45b1 Fri, 30 Apr 2004 23:40:13 -0400 http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/DEM_Site_Vist_Mahlstedt/aaa.thumb.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/DEM_Site_Vist_Mahlstedt/aaa.sized.jpg http://www.wissatinnewag.org/albums/DEM_Site_Vist_Mahlstedt/aaa.thumb.jpg 184 144 In this report, Dr. Mahlstedt adds his views on the significance of the Wissatinnewag site on Canada Hill Road, formerly known as the Mackin sand bank; he also states that "there is also evidence of burial ceremonialism" at the site.