Appendix II. 



REPORT ON THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



Sib : I have the honor to present the following report on the operations of the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, con- 

 ducted iu accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 

 25, 1910, authorizing the continuation of ethnological researches among the 

 American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, under the direction of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, and in accordance with the plan of operations approved by 

 the Secretary June 15, 1910. 



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. Plodge, ethnologist in charge ; Mr. James Mooney, Dr. 

 J. Walter Fewkes, Mrs. Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt, Dr. John R. 

 Swanton, Dr. Truman Michel son, 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 assistants, for research in 

 connection with the preparation 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 Omaha Indians for publication in the 

 twenty-seventh annual report. 



Miss Frances Densmore, for researches in Indian music. 



Mr. J. P. Dunn, for studies of the tribes of the Middle West. 



Mr. John P. Harrington, for researches among the Mohave Indians of the 

 Colorado Valley. 



Rev. Dr. George P. Donehoo, for investigations in the history, geography, and 

 ethnology of the tribes of Pennsylvania for incorporation in the Handbook of 

 American Indians. 



Mr. William R. Gerard, for studies of the etymology of Algonquian place 

 and tribal names and of terms that have been incorporated in the English 

 language for use in the same work. 



Prof. H. M Ballon, for bibliographic research in connection with the com- 

 pilation of the List of Works Relating to Hawaii. 



Mr. James R. Murie, for researches pertaining to the ethnology of the Pawnee 

 Indians. 



The systematic ethnological researches by members of the regular staff of 

 the bureau may be summarized as follows: 



Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist in charge, in addition to conducting the admin- 

 istrative work of the bureau, devoted attention, with the assistance of Mrs. 

 Frances S. Nichols, to the final revision of the remaining proofs of Part 2 of the 

 Handbook of American Indians (.Bulletin 30), which was published in January, 

 1911. This work met with such great popular demand that the edition of 

 the two parts became exhausted immediately after publication, causing the 

 bureau much embarrassment owing to the thousands of requests that it has 



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