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(11.) The making of inter-family and inter-tribal arrangements, 

 e.g., treaties as to boundaries, peace and war, sale and purchase ; the 

 solemnities observed among lai'ger and smaller groups : 



(12.) The cultus and sacrifices which obtain in sub-families, fami- 

 lies, totem, etc. ; moral or religious code which accompanies them ; 

 the foi-m and purpose of the different tribal or inter-tribal ceremonies 

 in use, e.g., dog-, sun-, thirst-dance, etc. : 



(13.) Death and birth rates; effects of miscegenation : 



(14.) Practice in cases of burial, its rites : 



(15.) Border civilization, its efiect upon the beliefs and moi-al con- 

 duct of Indian peo[)les : 



(16.) The influence of territorial reserves, outside jurisdiction, 

 education and support upon the Canadian Indians : 



The Institute will be ha[tpy to receive and give its best attention 

 to ])ai)ers upon any and all the above, or such other subjects allied to 

 them as may seem to you impoi'tant. 



It would appear from reports published in tlie newspapers that in 

 the Province of Ontario, in the other Provinces and the Territories of 

 the Dominion, a considerable quantity of valuable information con- 

 cerning our Indian peoples is reduced to writing, but is not given to 

 the woild because no proper channel has been established for its 

 dissemination. This Institute desires to draw these scattered rays to 

 a focus for the benefit of students at home and abroad ; and believes 

 that investigators will find in its Phoceedings (now circulating 

 among members in Canada, 300, foreign societies and institutes, 400,) 

 that avenue of communication of which they have been so long in 

 need. Proprietary rights in the i)apei-s may Vje reserved. 



For some years the Institute has given s[)eeial attention to collect- 

 ing and classifying s])ecimens of natural history, geology, and Indian 

 archfEology which, according to the custom of the Institute, are duly 

 inscribed with the names of the donors. Its museum includes many 

 very rare and valuable S[)ecimens which are open for inspection and 

 study every lawful day from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. It is the desire of the 

 Institute to increase its collection in all departments, enhance its 

 public usefulness and render it worthy of the Dominion as a national 

 institution. Through the liberality of the Canadian Pacific Railway 



