20 Report of the President. 



Nootka of the west coast of Vancouver Island, and of the 

 Eskimo of Kotzebue Sound. 



The Huntington California Expedition was continued by Mr. 

 Dixon, and, with the co-operation of the University of Cali- 

 fornia, by Mr. Kroeber. We have received additional ma- 

 terial from the Maidu and Shasta and a collection from the 

 Yurok on the Lower Klamath River. 



North American, Research. — Professor Livingston Farrand 

 continued the researches among the Sahaptin which were com- 

 menced two years ago. We have obtained from him a collec- 

 tion illustrating the life of the Nez Perces. 



Dr. Clark Wissler commenced investigations on the decora- 

 tive art of the Sioux, which have given very gratifying results 

 in the way of information and collections. 



The agreement with the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 entered into in 1901 was continued during the present year. 

 In pursuance of this agreement, Mr. William Jones continued 

 his work among the Sauk and Fox, whose language and eth- 

 nology he studied, making at the same time collections for the 

 Museum. 



Mr. H. H. St. Clair, 2d, continued his work among the 

 Shoshone tribes. His linguistic work was also provided for 

 by the Bureau of Ethnology, while the ethnological work was 

 provided for by the Museum. He sent an interesting collec- 

 tion of Comanche material. 



Mr. John W. Chapman, who lives as a missionary among 

 the Athapascan Indians of the Yukon region, has undertaken 

 to study this tribe, and to make a collection illustrating their 

 mode of life. 



Two years ago Captain George Comer and Captain James 

 S. Mutch, who command whaling-stations in Hudson Bay and 

 Cumberland Gulf respectively, were authorized by the Museum 

 to make ethnological collections in the districts visited by 

 them. The results of their work have been very gratifying, 

 and have added materially to the value of the Eskimo collec- 

 tions of the Museum. 



