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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I916 



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made by the (Government authorities, as well as l)y the opposing 

 interests, to obtain a satisfactory genealogy of each Indian concerned, 

 only to reach the conviction that such data could not be relied on 

 to establish beyond legal doubt the full-bloodedness of any individual. 

 It was at this i)oint that anthropology was appealed to, and the 

 writer was intrusted with the examination of the White Earth 

 Chippewa who claimed to be or were regarded as full-bloods, with 

 the view of passing on their blood status. There were about 800 such 



Fig. 



-Two Sioux school girls. Standing Rock. 



persons, 696 of whom were actually examined and their status 

 determined. 



In order to be fully jirepared for this important work and to test 

 certain new reactions bearing on the question of full-bloodedness of 

 Indians, a most profitable month was spent among the Sioux along 

 the Missouri, and some time was given also to the outlying parts of 

 the Chippewa territory. This gave on one hand the opportunity 

 to examine a good series of men and women among both tribes for 

 anthropological purposes, while the additional experience gained 



