﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  19 
  

  

  tique 
  de 
  Paris, 
  and 
  to 
  study 
  European 
  collections 
  of 
  oriental 
  art, 
  

   especially 
  ceramics. 
  

  

  BUREAU 
  OF 
  AMERICAN 
  ETHNOLOGY. 
  

  

  The 
  material 
  culture 
  and 
  ceremonials 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Indian 
  

   are 
  being 
  modified 
  so 
  rapidly 
  through 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  race 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  imperative 
  for 
  the 
  bureau 
  to 
  make 
  every 
  effort 
  to 
  record 
  

   all 
  possible 
  data 
  bearing 
  on 
  the 
  aboriginal 
  Indian 
  culture. 
  The 
  de- 
  

   sirability 
  of 
  preserving 
  this 
  material 
  so 
  that 
  accurate 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  this 
  interesting 
  and 
  vanishing 
  race 
  may 
  be 
  available 
  for 
  future 
  

   generations 
  is 
  evident. 
  Another 
  important 
  line 
  of 
  endeavor 
  is 
  the 
  

   excavating 
  and 
  repairing 
  of 
  prehistoric 
  Indian 
  dwellings. 
  These 
  

   ancient 
  ruins 
  are 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  great 
  popular 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  scientific 
  

   interest, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  aim 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  bureau 
  to 
  continue 
  

   this 
  archeological 
  phase 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  funds 
  will 
  permit. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  line 
  of 
  investigation 
  has 
  opened 
  up 
  for 
  the 
  bureau 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  year, 
  namely, 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  culture, 
  and 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  the 
  architecture 
  of 
  the 
  houses, 
  of 
  the 
  aborigines 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  

   The 
  early 
  villages 
  of 
  the 
  Alaskan 
  Indians 
  have 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  been 
  

   deserted 
  in 
  the 
  exodus 
  to 
  the 
  canning 
  factories, 
  and 
  the 
  totem 
  poles 
  

   and 
  villages 
  which 
  are 
  rapidly 
  being 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  elements 
  

   should 
  be 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  future 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  

   lost 
  forever. 
  During 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1922, 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  T. 
  Waterman 
  con- 
  

   ducted 
  for 
  the 
  bureau 
  an 
  extended 
  reconnaissance 
  of 
  the 
  situation, 
  

   bringing 
  back 
  many 
  interesting 
  data 
  and 
  photographs. 
  It 
  is 
  in- 
  

   tended 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  work 
  next 
  year 
  with 
  a 
  larger 
  appropriation. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  individual 
  members 
  

   of 
  the 
  staff 
  is 
  reviewed 
  somewhat 
  in 
  detail 
  in 
  Appendix 
  4 
  of 
  this 
  

   report, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  necessary 
  here 
  only 
  to 
  give 
  an 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  

   scope 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  The 
  chief 
  continued 
  his 
  successful 
  archeo- 
  

   logical 
  field 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Mesa 
  Verde 
  National 
  Park, 
  Colo., 
  bring- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  light 
  a 
  most 
  interesting 
  and 
  instructive 
  ruin 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  

   named 
  " 
  Pipe 
  Shrine 
  House 
  " 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  numerous 
  tobacco 
  

   pipes 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  shrine 
  in 
  the 
  kiva 
  of 
  this 
  ruin. 
  He 
  also 
  excavated 
  

   and 
  repaired 
  Far 
  View 
  Tower, 
  a 
  round 
  structure 
  10 
  feet 
  high, 
  

   which 
  was 
  probably 
  used 
  for 
  observations 
  of 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  

   sun 
  on 
  the 
  horizon 
  at 
  sunrise 
  and 
  sunset, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  

   time 
  for 
  planting 
  and 
  other 
  dates 
  important 
  for 
  an 
  agricultural 
  

   people. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  also 
  visited 
  the 
  three 
  groups 
  of 
  towers 
  in 
  Utah 
  which 
  

   he 
  has 
  recommended 
  for 
  the 
  Hovenweep 
  National 
  Monument, 
  and 
  

   determined 
  the 
  exact 
  situation 
  of 
  these 
  ruins 
  as 
  a 
  preliminary 
  to 
  

   a 
  presidential 
  proclamation 
  setting 
  aside 
  this 
  area 
  as 
  a 
  national 
  

   monument. 
  

  

  