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Volume 1, The Marginal Tribes, and volume 2, The Andean Civili- 

 zations, were issued in June 1946. In addition to the usual edition 

 of 3,500 distributed by the Bureau of American Ethnology, the De- 

 partment of State ordered 600 copies for distribution through its 

 embassies in Latin American countries, and the Superintendent of 

 Documents ordered 1,000 for sale. Volume 3, The Tropical Forest 

 Tribes, and volume 4, The Circum-Caribbean Tribes, were received 

 in galley proof. With the exception of the linguistic section, volmne 

 5, The Comparative Anthropology of South American Indians, was 

 completed and submitted to the editor of the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology for the final editing. 



During the fiscal year, the Interdepartmental Committee on Scien- 

 tific and Cultural Cooperation of the Department of State granted 

 the Bureau of American Ethnology $15,000 toward the cost of pub- 

 lishing the Handbook. 



SPECIAL RESEARCHES 



Miss Frances Densmore, a collaborator of the Bureau, prepared 

 for publication a paper entitled "Music of the Alabama Texas." 

 In this tribe, Miss Densmore found that only ordinary dance songs 

 remain. 



She also submitted her complete bibliography covering 50 years of 

 study of American Indian music and a paper entitled "Prelude to 

 the Study of Indian Music in Minnesota." Another long paper was 

 completed on the subject "Distribution of Certain Peculiarities in 

 Indian Songs." This paper is illustrated with a number of distribu- 

 tion maps. 



EDITORIAL WORK AND PUBLICATIONS 



The editorial work of the Bureau continued during the year under 

 the immediate direction of the editor, M. Helen Palmer. There were 

 issued one Annual Report and one Bulletin, listed below; also two 

 volumes of a five- volume Bulletin, and one publication of the Institute 

 of Social Anthropology. 



Sixty-second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1944-1945. 

 9 pp. 



Bulletin 137. The Indians of the Southeastern United States, by John R. 

 Swanton. 943 pp., 108 pis., 5 figs., 13 maps. 



The following publications were in press at the close of the fiscal 

 year: 



Bulletin 143. Handbook of South American Indians. Julian H. Steward, 

 editor. Volume 3: The Tropical Forest Tribes. Volume 4: The Circum-Carib- 

 bean Tribes. 



