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BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, chief of the bureau since March 1, 1918, re- 

 tired on January 15, 1928, but was continued on the staff as associate 

 anthropologist. • 



To facilitate the appointment of Doctor Fewkes's successor as chief 

 of the bureau, a special unassembled examination was arranged by 

 the Civil Service Commission, in consultation with the Secretary, for 

 the purpose of establishing a list of eligibles. The ranking of appli- 

 cants was done by a committee comprising a representative of the com- 

 mission, the secretary of the Smithsonian, and Dr. A. V. Kidder, rep- 

 resenting ethnological and archeological science at large. As a result, 

 the appointment of Mr. Matthew William Stirling was made, to take 

 effect August 1, 1928, just after the close of the fiscal year. 



The work of the staff of the bureau has included ethnological re- 

 searches relating to the Indians of the Southern States, the Sauk and 

 Fox, the Northern Arapaho, the Mission Indians of California, the 

 Six Nations, the ChippeAva, the Winnebago, and the Osage. Arche- 

 ological work by Doctor Roberts in Chaco Canyon, N.Mex., and near 

 Arboles, Colo., uncovered interesting village sites. Cooperating w^ith 

 the bureau, Messrs. Judd, Krieger, and Collins, of the National Mu- 

 seum, made archeological investigations in Kentucky, in the Colum- 

 bia Basin of Oregon and Washington, and in western Alaska. Ac- 

 counts of this ethnological and archeological work appear in the re- 

 ports of the bureau and the Museum. 



The bureau published during the year one annual report and one 

 bulletin, and 9,126 copies of bureau publications were distributed. 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 



A total of 542,233 packages of publications were handled during the 

 year, including those sent abroad and those received for distribution 

 in this country. The total weight of this material was 584,121 pounds, 

 an increase of 40,996 pounds over the previous year's total. 



Burma and Bombay were added to the list of foreign depositories 

 that receive sets of United States official documents, bringing the total 

 number of such sets sent through the exchange service to 105. Ru- 

 mania, which, since 1903, has received a partial set, now receives a 

 full set. Shipments to Turkey, suspended since the World War, were 

 resumed, the ministry of public instruction at Angora acting as the 

 depository. The daily issue of the Congressional Record is now ex- 

 changed for the parliamentary journals of 101 foreign governmental 

 bodies. Brazil, the Irish Free State, and Turkey were added to the 

 list during the year. 



