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State Historical Society worked at three sites in the Fort Randall 

 basin, South Dakota ; the University of Nebraska Laboratory of An- 

 thropology continued excavations in the Harlan County Reservoir on 

 the Republican River, Nebr.; the University of Nebraska State 

 Museum made archeological excavations in the Medicine Creek Reser- 

 voir in western Nebraska, and on a volunteer basis did paleontological 

 work in several Missouri Basin projects ; the State Historical Society 

 of North Dakota continued excavations in the Garrison area; the 

 University of Oklahoma worked at the Tenkiller Ferry Reservoir on 

 the Illinois River and at the Keystone Reservoir on the Arkansas 

 River in Oklahoma ; the University of Oregon excavated in sites near 

 The Dalles Dam on the Oregon side of the Columbia River; the Uni- 

 versity of South Dakota worked in the Oahe Reservoir basin in South 

 Dakota; the State College of Washington investigated an early site 

 in the Lind Coulee, Wash. ; the University of Washington excavated 

 at the Wakemap Mound site on the Washington side of the Columbia 

 in The Dalles Reservoir basin ; and the University of Wyoming con- 

 tinued its digging at the Keyhole Reservoir on the Belle Fourche 

 River in Wyoming. 



INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY 



In the spring of 1952 the Institute of Inter- American Affairs, De- 

 partment of State, which had made a grant to the Institute of Social 

 Anthropology to enable it to carry on its functions from January 1, 

 1952, to the end of the fiscal year with the understanding that the 

 Smithsonian anthropologists would be available for program anal- 

 yses of technical aid projects, decided to utilize anthropologists 

 on a permanent basis. A request was made that plans be prepared 

 to transfer ISA personnel to the Institute of Inter- American Affairs 

 on July 1 and bring to a close the ISA activities as such. Late in 

 June 1952, however, the Institute of Inter- American Affairs ex- 

 tended its grant to the Smithsonian Institution for an additional 3 

 months, so that there could be an orderly transfer of personnel, and 

 provided $15,725 to finance the ISA until September 30, 1952. Before 

 that date it became apparent that further time would be needed, and 

 the grant was extended to December 31, 1952, and an additional $15,- 

 725 made available. The total funds for the 6-month period were 

 $31,450. The activities of the Institute of Social Anthropology ended 

 on December 31, 1952. 



The period from July 1 to December 31, 1952, was one of retrench- 

 ment and the closing down of projects. In Washington Dr. Foster 

 was occupied in terminating the work of the Institute, in the planning 

 of anthropological aspects of the program in the Institute of Inter- 

 American Affairs, and in the preparation of four article-length manu- 

 scripts on contemporary cultures in Latin America for publication 



