ADMINISTRATIVE KEPOBT 33 



Ethnological research in Alaska is urgently needed by 

 reason of the great changes taking place among the Indians 

 and the Eskimo since the influx of white people a few years 

 ago. Unless this investigation is undertaken at once the 

 aboi'iginal inhabitants will have become so modified by 

 contact with whites that knowledge of much of their primi- 

 tive life will be lost. It is recommended that the sum of 

 $4,500 be appropriated for this work. 



The more speeds extension of ethnological reseai'ches 

 among the remnants of the Algonquian tribes formei-ly 

 occupying the ^Middle West is desired. In a number of 

 cases these tribes are represented by only a few survivors 

 who retain any knowledge of the traits, language, and cus- 

 toms of their people ; hence it will be impossible to gather 

 much of this information unless the work is extended more 

 rapidly, as the funds now at the bureau's disposal for this 

 purpose are inadequate. The additional sum of $1,000 is 

 recommended for this purpose. 



As previously stated, the demand for the Handbook of 

 American Indians has been so great that many schools 

 and libraries have necessarily been denied. The need of a 

 revised edition is urgent, but the revision can not be satis- 

 factorily undertaken and the latest information incorpo- 

 rated without the employment of special ethnologic assist- 

 ants—those who have devoted special study to particular 

 tribes — and editorial and clerical aid. It is recoimnended 

 that the sum of $3,800 be appropriated for this purpose. 



The bureau is constantly in receipt of requests from 

 schools, historical societies, compilers of textbooks, etc., 

 for photographic prints of Indian subjects, since it is gen- 

 erally known that the bureau possesses many thousands of 

 negatives accumulated in the course of its investigations. 

 As no funds are now available for this purpose, it is rec- 

 onmiended that a reasonable sum, say $1,000, be appropri- 

 ated for the purpose of furnishing prints for educational 

 purposes. In most cases applicants would doubtless be 

 willing to pay the cost, but at present the bureau has no 

 authority for selling photographs. 



