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by the Adjutant General's office, and supplied him with briefs and 

 documents setting forth the position of the Indians with respect to 

 the draft act. Later for the federal selective service bureau, we 

 supplied information and devised plans for the notification of the 

 Indians of the State of the necessity of registration. This service 

 was rendered for the three periods of registration. In order to 

 see that the registration was properly conducted and that the Indians 

 responded, the Archeologist was appointed inspector of the draft 

 boards of the counties of Chautauqua, Erie, Cattaraugus, Genesee, 

 Niagara, Onondaga, Oneida, Franklin and St Lawrence. 



Certain other services have been rendered to the State Health 

 Department, especially in the matter of supplying information as 

 to the sanitary and health conditions of the various Indian reser 

 vations. In behalf of the Indians and at their request their needs 

 have been brought to the attention of the Attorney General's office, 

 the Governor, the Charities Department, the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment, and the Education Department. This division constantly 

 cooperates, in matters which concern the subjects of archeology, 

 ethnology, colonial history, and present-day Indian affairs, with 

 the various divisions of the Education Department, particularly 

 the State Librarian, the State Historian and the Examinations 

 and Inspections Division. 



Requests from Indians. The information available in this division 

 has made it the source of relief to the various Indian tribes still 

 living within the State, especially when data on historical subjects 

 are needed. We have been prompt to supply these inquirers with 

 the best advice and the most reliable information within our ability 

 to give. Our publications and our exhibits are also used by the 

 Indians as authentic guides in tribal matters. Not only the Indians 

 of our State, but those of other states and of the Canadian provinces 

 seek information here. For help given the Mohawks of the Bay of 

 Quinte, the Archeologist has been given membership in the tribe 

 and appointed the representative of it in the United States. 



A notable adoption ceremony. It has been thirty years since 

 the Seneca Indians have held a notable adoption ceremony in which 

 large nimibers of the people participated. On June 22, 19 18 some 

 of the Senecas decided to hold such a ceremony and to adopt Mr 

 George K. Staples and Mr George L. Tucker, both of Buffalo. Mr 

 Staples and his ancestors for many years have been interested in the 

 welfare of the Seneca Indians of western New York and were among 

 the Quaker pioneers who befriended the red men in time of dire need. 

 Mr Tucker is an archeologist and student of the Iroquois and par- 



