APPENDIX 4. 



REPOET OX THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



Sir: In response to your request I have the honor to submit the 

 following report on the field researches, office work, and other 

 operations of the Bureau of American Ethnology during the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1922, conducted in accordance with the act of 

 Congress approved March 4, 1921. The act referred to contains 

 the following item : 



American ethnology : For continuing etlmological researches among tlie 

 American Indians and tlie natives of Hawaii, including the excavation and 

 preservation of archeologic remains, under the direction of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, including the necessary employees and the purchase of necessary 

 books and periodicals, $46,000. 



The Indians of the United States are undergoing cultural changes 

 which will in a short time so modify their material culture that little 

 will be left in that line for the ethnologist to study. It is impera- 

 tive that the bureau exert itself in every way to record the material 

 culture and cult objects before the final change occurs. The objects 

 illustrating this culture are now mainly preserved as heirlooms in 

 ceremonies, and it is particularly desirable that these be described 

 and their meanings interpreted before they pass out of use com- 

 pletely. 



In 1904 the bureau inaugurated at Casa Grande a method of 

 archeological work which has now been adopted by most of the 

 institutions working in the southwestern part of the United States. 

 Previous to this time archeologists rarely paid attention to the preser- 

 vation of walls of ruins, but sacrificed these in their zeal to make 

 as large collections of artifacts as possible. 



The bureau method of preserving the buildings for future students 

 has now been adopted by other institutions, and work of this nature is 

 being carried on at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, by the National 

 Ixeographic Society; at Chettro Kettle, in the same canyon, by the 

 School of American Research, Santa Fe, N. Mex. ; at Pecos, N. Mex, 

 ])y the Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. ; and at Aztec by the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History of New York. This method of arch- 

 eologi(;al work has created a great interest in archeological problems, 

 as indicated by the increased number of visitors to these ruins, and 



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