APPENDIX 4 



EEPORT ON THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



Sir: In response to your request I have the honor to submit the 

 following report on the field researches, office work, and other opera- 

 tions of the Bureau of American Ethnology during the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1923, conducted in accordance with the act of Con- 

 gress approved June 12, 1923. The act referred to contains the fol- 

 lowing item : 



American ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches among the 

 American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, including the excavation and 

 preservation of archeologic remains, under the direction of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, including the necessary employees and the purchase of necessary 

 books and periodicals, $44,000. 



The chief has endeavored to expend the sum of money allotted 

 in as conservative and economical a manner as possible, although 

 confronted with many difficulties, among which is the increased cost 

 of field work. Since the bureau was first organized expenses for its 

 maintenance have greatly increased, and have doubled within the 

 last 10 years. Several other tendencies of the times have limited 

 the production of results. There has been a great awakening of 

 interest in the treatment of certain Indian tribes by Government 

 officials which has led to a corresponding increase in requests for our 

 publications. Never before was there a greater demand for the 

 published reports and bulletins of the bureau. The epoch-making 

 discoveries in the Valley of the Tombs in Egypt have very greatly 

 increased interest in the Science of Man and the desire for more 

 accurate knowledge of prehistoric man in American is very keen. 

 Newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals have done much to 

 increase this interest and, as may be said with regret, many fake dis- 

 coveries have been foisted on the public. Never before have accurate 

 accounts of Indian life like those published by the Bureau of Ameri- 

 can Ethnology been more in demand than at the present time. 



Several wealthy institutions have been led to give more money to 

 American anthropology. Plans for archeological work in Yucatan 

 and Central America costing many thousands of dollars a year are 

 mentioned in some quarters, and many thousands are annually ex- 

 pended by another institution on pueblo archeology. For lack of 

 adequate funds, the bureau is unable to carry on extensive work of 

 this magnitude and it remains for the bureau to continue its work 



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