TIIIRTY-SECOKD ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



F. W. Hodge, Etlinologist-in-Charge 



The operations of the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, conducted in 

 accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress ap- 

 proved June 25, 1910, authorizing the continuation of eth- 

 nological researches among the American Indians and the 

 natives of Hawaii, under the direction of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, were carried forward in accordance with the 

 plan of operation approved by the Secretary June 15, 1910. 



SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES 



The systematic ethnological researches of the bureau 

 were continued during the year with the regular scientific 

 staff, consisting of nine ethnologists, as follows : Mr. F. W. 

 Hodge, etlmologist-in-charge ; JNIr. James Mooney, Dr. J. 

 Walter Fewkes, JNIrs. Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Mr. J. N. B. 

 Hewitt, Dr. John R. Swanton, Dr. Truman JNIichelson, 

 Dr. Paul Radin, and Mr. Francis La Flesche. In addition, 

 the services of several specialists in their respective fields 

 were enlisted for special work, as follows: 



Dr. Franz Boas, honorary philologist, with several as- 

 sistants, for research in connection with the prei^aration 

 and publication of the Handbook of American Indian 

 Languages. 



Miss Alice C. Fletcher and Mr. Francis La Flesche, for 

 the final revision of the proofs of their monograph on the 



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