ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1921 
J. Waiter Fewxes, Chief 
Str: 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, 1921, con- 
ducted in accordance with the act of Congress approved 
June 5, 1920. 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 ex- 
cavation and preservation of archeologic remains, under the direction’ 
of the Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees and 
the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, $44,000. 
In the expenditure of this money the chief has tried to 
cover the field as economically as possible and to broaden 
the researches of the bureau staff in order to include as 
many stocks of Indians as the limited appropriation will 
allow. The science of ethnology is so comprehensive and 
its problems so numerous and intricate that to do this 
scientifically is extremely difficult. Work has been done 
on the Algonquian, Iroquois, various members of the Musk- 
hogean stock, Kiowa, Pueblo, Osage, Pawnee, and others. 
The plan of work embraces many different aspects of the 
cultural life of the Indians, including their languages, social 
and religious customs, music, mythology, and ritual. 
Researches have been made on the condition of the 
Indians in their aboriginal state before or directly after 
the advent of the Europeans, and the desire has been to 
increase the relative amount of field work. Archeological 
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