PREFACE 
During the many years that this study was, intermittently, in prog- 
ress, I was assisted by many persons and institutions, and I wish 
here to acknowledge my deep indebtedness to them and to thank them 
warmly for their generous aid and many kindnesses. 
T went into the field in September 1928, with financial support from 
the Southwest Society, the fagade behind and the “‘organization”’ 
with which Dr. Elsie Clews Parsons assisted many ethnologists. I 
began my fieldwork among the Keres under the tutelage of Dr. 
Parsons, and she gave me generously of her time and vast knowledge 
for many years. I would like to dedicate ‘“The Pueblo of Sia, New 
Mexico” to her memory. 
Also in the fall of 1928, the Social Science Research Council enabled 
me to extend my investigations at Sia (and neighboring pueblos) with 
a grant. 
Most of the financial support for this study, however, has come 
from the University of Michigan, through a number of grants from 
the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, and a half- 
year’s sabbatical leave from the College of Literature, Science and 
the Arts. 
I am indebted to the Bureau of American Ethnology for access to 
their manuscript and photographic material. The U.S. National 
Museum helped me to examine Sia specimens in their collections and 
generously supplied me with many photographs of them. My warm 
thanks to the members of their staffs who helped me on numerous 
occasions. 
I enjoyed the hospitality and facilities of the Laboratory of Anthro- 
pology, Museum of New Mexico, for months at a time upon more 
than one occasion. And I was most generously assisted by members 
of their staff, especially Dr. K. M. Chapman, Stanley Stubbs, Bruce 
T. Ellis, and others. I am indebted to the late Mr. Stubbs and to 
the University of Oklahoma Press for permission to use (with some 
amplification) the aerial photograph of Sia in “Bird’s-Eye View of 
the Pueblos.” 
I obtained many data on farming, stock raising, school attendance, 
and other matters from the United Pueblos Agency. From the 
United States Public Health Service and also from the United Pueblos 
Agency I obtained much information concerning health, sanitation, 
and diet at Sia. Both of these organizations were most cooperative 
and helpful. 
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