﻿TWENTY-SEVENTH 
  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  

  

  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  BUREAU 
  OF 
  AMERICAN 
  ETHNOLOGY 
  

  

  W. 
  II. 
  Holmes, 
  Chief 
  

  

  RESEARCH 
  WORK 
  

  

  Researches 
  among 
  the 
  Indian 
  tribes 
  were 
  conducted 
  in 
  

   accordance 
  with 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  operations 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  June 
  5, 
  1905; 
  these 
  include 
  investigations 
  among 
  

   the 
  aborigines 
  of 
  Oregon, 
  Colorado, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  Indian 
  Ter- 
  

   ritory, 
  Oklahoma, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  and 
  Florida, 
  and, 
  more 
  

   especially, 
  researches 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  and 
  in 
  

   various 
  museums 
  and 
  libraries 
  throughout 
  the 
  country. 
  The 
  

   scientific 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  remains 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  during 
  the 
  

   previous 
  year 
  with 
  the 
  single 
  exception 
  that 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  

   Hodge 
  was 
  transferred 
  from 
  the 
  Secretary's 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau, 
  with 
  the 
  title 
  of 
  

   Ethnologist— 
  a 
  step 
  which 
  permits 
  him 
  to 
  devote 
  his 
  entire 
  

   time 
  to 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  Handbook 
  of 
  the 
  Indians. 
  

  

  Aside 
  from 
  his 
  administrative 
  duties, 
  the 
  chief 
  was 
  occu- 
  

   pied 
  with 
  the 
  completion 
  and 
  revision 
  of 
  papers 
  for 
  the 
  

   Handbook 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  mono- 
  

   graphic 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  technology 
  and 
  art 
  of 
  the 
  tribes. 
  He 
  

   also 
  continued 
  his 
  duties 
  as 
  Honorary 
  Curator 
  of 
  the 
  Divi- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  Prehistoric 
  Archeology 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  M. 
  C. 
  Stevenson 
  remained 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  during 
  the 
  

   early 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  reading 
  the 
  final 
  proofs 
  of 
  her 
  

   monograph 
  on 
  the 
  Zufii 
  Indians, 
  which 
  issued 
  from 
  the 
  

   press 
  in 
  December. 
  In 
  January 
  she 
  again 
  entered 
  the 
  field, 
  

   having 
  selected 
  the 
  pueblo 
  of 
  Taos, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  as 
  a 
  suit- 
  

   able 
  place 
  for 
  the 
  continuation 
  of 
  her 
  researches. 
  In 
  initi- 
  

   ating 
  her 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  pueblo 
  Mrs. 
  Stevenson 
  encountered 
  

  

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