PREFACE 



This study is based primarily on information collected during three 

 summers of field-work carried on in 1941, 1942, and 1944. The major 

 portion of data was obtained at the Lac Court Oreilles reservation, but valu- 

 able confirmatory and comparative material was secured through visits to 

 such other Chippewa communities in Wisconsin as Lac du Flambeau, Bad 

 River, Red Cliff, and St. Croix; and Lac Vieux Desert in Michigan. 



The project was jointly sponsored by Columbia University and the Mil- 

 waukee Public Museum both as to finances and personnel, with a duplicate 

 set of field notes being deposited at both institutions. 



The writer is particularly indebted to Dr. Ralph Linton and Mr. W. C. 

 McKern who organized the project and lent valuable aid throughout; to my 

 co-workers in the field, Joseph B. Casagrande, Ernestine Friedl, and Victor 

 Barnouw; to Dr. Sylba Adams of the Ha)^-ard Indian Hospital; and to the 

 many Chippewa Indians who indulgently answered our often prying ques- 

 tions and admitted us to many intimate gatherings and ceremonies. 



