﻿APPENDIX 
  4. 
  

  

  REPORT 
  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 
  

   operations 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1922, 
  conducted 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  

   Congress 
  approved 
  March 
  4, 
  1921. 
  The 
  act 
  referred 
  to 
  contains 
  

   the 
  following 
  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 
  

   hooks 
  and 
  periodicals, 
  $46,000. 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  are 
  undergoing 
  cultural 
  changes 
  

   which 
  will 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  so 
  modify 
  their 
  material 
  culture 
  that 
  little 
  

   will 
  be 
  left 
  in 
  that 
  line 
  for 
  the 
  ethnologist 
  to 
  study. 
  It 
  is 
  impera- 
  

   tive 
  that 
  the 
  bureau 
  exert 
  itself 
  in 
  every 
  way 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  material 
  

   culture 
  and 
  cult 
  objects 
  before 
  the 
  final 
  change 
  occurs. 
  The 
  objects 
  

   illustrating 
  this 
  culture 
  are 
  now 
  mainly 
  preserved 
  as 
  heirlooms 
  in 
  

   ceremonies, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  particularly 
  desirable 
  that 
  these 
  be 
  described 
  

   and 
  their 
  meanings 
  interpreted 
  before 
  they 
  pass 
  out 
  of 
  use 
  com- 
  

   pletely. 
  

  

  In 
  1904 
  the 
  bureau 
  inaugurated 
  at 
  Casa 
  Grande 
  a 
  method 
  of 
  

   archeological 
  work 
  which 
  has 
  now 
  been 
  adopted 
  by 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   institutions 
  working 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   Previous 
  to 
  this 
  time 
  archeologists 
  rarely 
  paid 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  preser- 
  

   vation 
  of 
  walls 
  of 
  ruins, 
  but 
  sacrificed 
  these 
  in 
  their 
  zeal 
  to 
  make 
  

   as 
  large 
  collections 
  of 
  artifacts 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  The 
  bureau 
  method 
  of 
  preserving 
  the 
  buildings 
  for 
  future 
  students 
  

   lias 
  now 
  been 
  adopted 
  by 
  other 
  institutions, 
  and 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  nature 
  is 
  

   being 
  carried 
  on 
  at 
  Pueblo 
  Bonito, 
  Chaco 
  Canyon, 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  

   Geographic 
  Society; 
  at 
  Chettro 
  Kettle, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  canyon, 
  by 
  the 
  

   School 
  of 
  American 
  Research, 
  Santa 
  Fe, 
  N. 
  Mex. 
  ; 
  at 
  Pecos, 
  N. 
  Mex, 
  

   by 
  the 
  Phillips 
  Academy, 
  Andover, 
  Mass. 
  ; 
  and 
  at 
  Aztec 
  by 
  the 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  This 
  method 
  of 
  arch- 
  

   eological 
  work 
  has 
  created 
  a 
  great 
  interest 
  in 
  archeological 
  problems, 
  

   as 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  increased 
  number 
  of 
  visitors 
  to 
  these 
  ruins, 
  and 
  

  

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