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though much of this material is to be found in the bulletins and con- 

 tributions. Among the practical results accomplished are: "(1) A 

 study of the relations, location, and numbers of the tribes, and their 

 classification into groups or families, based on affinity in language — 

 a necessary basis for dealing with the tribes practically or scientifically; 

 (2) a study of the numerous sociologic, religious, and industrial 

 problems involved, an acquaintance wnth which is essential to the 

 intelligent management of the tribes in adjusting them to the require- 

 ments of civihzation; (3) a history of the relations of Indian and 

 white races embodied in a volume on land cessions; (4) investigation 

 into the physiology, medical practices, and sanitation of a people who 

 suffer keenly fron imperfect adaptation to the new conditions imposed 

 on them; (5) the preparation of bibliographies embodying all works 

 relating to the tribes; (6) a study of their industrial and economic 

 resources; (7) a study of the antiquities of the country wdth a view 

 to their record and preservation; (8) a handbook of the tribes, em- 

 bodying, in condensed form, the accmnulated mformation of many 

 years'';^ (9) the preservation of texts in aboriginal languages which 

 are fast disappearing along with the culture to which they belong, and 

 thus providing students and those engaged in commercial enterprises 

 with the means of acquiring these languages; and (10) the pubhcation 

 of a series of handbooks on tribes of different geographical areas 

 compiled and collated by the highest available authorities. 



Maj. J. W. Powell, the director and founder of the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology, died September 23, 1902, and on October 11 of 

 the same year Mr. W. H. Holmes was appointed to succeed him, with 

 the title of "chief of the bureau." Mr. Holmes remained in office for 

 nearly 9 years. On January 1, 1910, he severed his official connec- 

 tion with the bureau in order to resume his place as head curator of 

 anthropology in the United States National Museum, and to become 

 the curator of the National Gallery of Art. Mr. F. W. Hodge was 

 designated to assume the administration of the bureau under the title 

 ''ethnologist in charge," which position he occupied until March 1, 

 1918. On that day Mr. Hodge resigned in order to accept a position 

 in the Museum of the American Indian (Heye Foundation), and Dr. 

 J. Walter Fewkes was appointed chief of the bureau. Doctor Fewkes 

 contmued in office until January 15, 1928, when, shortly before his 

 death, he retired. Mr. Matthew W. Stirling, the present chief, 

 entered upon his duties as chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 on August 1, 1928. In addition to the chief, the scientific staff of the 

 bureau comprises, in 1931, seven ethnologists, viz, Mr. J. N. B. 

 Hewitt, Mr. J. P. Harrington, Dr. Truman Michelson, Dr. Frank 

 H. H. Roberts, jr.. Dr. W. D. Strong, Dr. John R. Swanton, and Dr. 



' W. H. Holmes, in Handbook of the American Indians North of Mexico, Washington, 1907, Vol. i, p. 173 

 (Bull. 30, Bur. Amer. Ethn.). 



