Combining Passion and Professionalism
Preserving the Past
The work we do preserves the past for the future, and every project no matter how small, is important. As a part of ACCR's work, we present papers and publish findings.
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We are available to speak to your group if you would like to know more about Great Lakes archaeology and history and cultural resources management.
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ACCR's clients include private individuals and small local citizen groups, and not just governments and larger businesses.
Staff
ACCR offers range of archaeological and GIS services. If you require a specialty (geoarchaeology or faunal analysis, for example) we partner with other professionals on a regular basis.
Misty M. Jackson, Ph.D., principal investigator and proprietor. Specialties include Great Lakes and Midwest archaeology, ethnohistory, and archival research. Dr. Jackson currently serves on the boards of the Michigan State Historic Preservation Review Board, the Center for French Colonial Studies, and is President of the Center for Maritime and Underwater Resource Management (CMURM).
Timothy G. Lauxmann, MA. Specialties include remote sensing and GIS, and Great Lakes and Southwest archaeology.
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Are You On A Local Historic District Commission?
Are you on a local historic district? Did you know that Michigan's Local Historic Districts Act (Act 169 of 1970) empowers you to protect archaeological resources as well as the built environment in your historic districts? Archaeology is listed four times in the act. In Michigan to date compliance for the protection of heritage sites has occurred only for undertakings with a Federal nexus or those occurring on State owned or managed properties.
You can do more to protect our heritage!
The link below provides access to a .pdf of Act 169 of 1970.
About "Arbre Croche"
Arbre Croche Cultural Resources takes its name from the area in northern Michigan of L'arbre Croche, meaning "crooked tree" in French. Located along the northwest coast of Michigan's lower peninsula by Lake Michigan and southwest of the Straits of Mackinac, it acquired the name probably during the 17th or 18th century. According to Andrew Blackbird, "The tradition says when the Ottawas first came to that part of the country a great pine tree stood very near the shore where Middle Village now is, whose top was very crooked, almost hook-like. Therefore the Ottawas called the place "Wau-gaw-naw-ke-zee" - meaning the crooked top of the tree. But by and by the whole coast from Little Traverse to Tehin-gaw-beng, now Cross Village [La Crosse], became denominated as Wau-gaw-naw-ke-zee." The Odawa moved to L'arbre Croche in 1740, leaving their village at Michilimackinac where they'd traded with and provisioned the French with whom they maintained contact. L'arbre Croche remains part of the traditional homeland and tribal headquarters of the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians. Today it is known as Harbor Springs, Michigan.
(Source: History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan; A Grammer of Their Language, and Personal and Family History of the Author, by Andrew J Blackbird. 1887. Ypsilanti, Michigan: The Ypsilanti Job Printing House. Page 10.
Map: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.)
Questions?
If you have questions, we have answers. Let us help guide you through the process of compliance or help you determine how to protect archaeological resources within your local historic district.