ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 11 



SPECIAL RESEARCHES 



The study of Indian music lias been continued during 

 the past year by Miss Prances Densmore, a collaborator 

 of the bureau. Material has been submitted on the songs 

 of the Menominee, Winnebago, Pawnee, Yuma, Acoma, 

 and the Indians living on the Fraser, Thompson, and 

 Squamish Rivers in British Columbia; also on a small 

 group of songs recorded at Anvik, Alaska, and obtained 

 through the courtesy of Rev. John W. Chapman. A com- 

 parison of the songs in this wide territory has been im- 

 portant in the development of the research. 



Eight manuscripts have been submitted with the follow- 

 ing titles: "Menominee Songs of Pleasure, Dances, and 

 Manabus Legends"; "Songs of Indians Living on the 

 Fraser, Thompson, and Squamish Rivers in British Co- 

 lumbia" ; "Origin Song of the Dice Game and Other Win- 

 nebago Songs"; "Winnebago Songs Connected with the 

 Recent War"; and 17 analytical tables comparing Pawnee 

 with songs previously analyzed; "Winnebago Songs Con- 

 nected with Legends, Games, and Dances"; "Acoma Songs 

 of the Flower Dance and Corn Dance"; "Acoma Songs 

 Used in Treating the Sick and Other Acoma Songs"; and 

 "A Comparison Between Yuma, Acoma, and Alaskan In- 

 dian Songs," with 18 tables of analysis of Yuma songs. 

 The number of songs transcribed and analyzed is 117, and 

 a large number of dictaphone song records were studied 

 without transcription. Miss Densmore corrected the 

 proof of her book on Papago Music and the galleys of 

 Pawnee Music; the final work of preparing the Pawnee 

 material for publication was also done during this year. 

 A large amount of work was done upon the preparation of 

 Menominee and Yuma material for publication. Cata- 

 logue numbers have been assigned to all transcribed songs, 

 except the Acoma, the highest catalogue number in her 

 series being 1848. 



During August and September, 1928, a field trip was 

 made to the Winnebago and Menominee tribes in Wis- 

 consin. A large dance, continuing three days, was held 



