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region, more particularly those affecting the prosperity and well-being of 
Pacific peoples; (b) To strengthen the bonds of peace among Pacific 
peoples by promoting a feeling of brotherhood among the scientists of all 
the Pacific countries." 
An invitation from the Canadian Government to hold the fifth con- 
gress in Canada in 1932 was accepted by the association and preparations 
for the same are already under way. Mr. Jenness has been requested to 
act as chairman of the committee on anthropology and is making good 
progress with important plans in this connexion. 
DIVISION OF ANTHROPOLOGY 
D. Jenness, Chief of the Division, reports: 
Field Work 
The division had six parties in the field during the summer. D. 
Jenness studied the Ojibwa Indians of Parry Sound region in Georgian 
bay; C. M. Barbeau completed his ethnological researches among the 
Tsimshian Indians of northern British Columbia; H. I. Smith collected 
ethnological and archaeological specimens on Vancouver island, and took 
motion pictures of the various tribes he visited; W. J. Wintemberg excav- 
ated a number of archaeological sites on the west coast of Newfoundland; 
J. C. Boileau Grant, Professor of Anatomy in the University of Manitoba, 
investigated the physical characteristics of the Cree and Beaver Indians 
on Peace river; and C, B. Osgood, of the University of Chicago, who went 
down Mackenzie river in the summer of 1928 to winter among the Hare 
Indians of Great Bear lake, completed his studies of that tribe during the 
spring and returned south on the river steamer in the late summer. 
D. Jenness, representing, with Professor C. McLean Fraser, the 
National Research Council of Canada, attended the Fourth Pacific Science 
Congress that was held in Java during the month of May, and participated 
in the sessions and anthropological excursions that featured the congress. 
He returned to Ottawa early in July and left a few days later for Parry 
Sound, where he spent two months on the Indian reserve. Although the 
Ojibwa of this area have been under the influence of European civilization 
for three centuries, they retain a surprising number of their ancient beliefs 
and customs. Mr. Jenness was, therefore, able to gather a considerable 
body of material that throws new light on this people, and, incidentally, 
on the beliefs of the Huron Indians who bordered them to the south. 
C. M. Barbeau continued his Tsimshian researches, from May to 
October, among both the Niska tribes of the Nass and the Tsimshian 
proper of Port Simpson. As during his investigations on Nass river in 
1927, his study covered the social organization, the heraldry and privileges, 
the hunting grounds, and the oral traditions of the various Niska families. 
He explored the upper canyon of Nass river and Lava lake, districts of 
some importance in the Indian traditions; and during a visit to the deserted 
Tlinkit village of Cape Fox, on the Alaskan border, he photographed a 
number of totem poles, several of which had been carved by Niska work- 
men. His field work among the Tsimshian Indians is now completed, and 
