CONTENTS 
Page 
Introduction 1 
Language and tribe 3 
Methods 4 
Material 5 
Ages 6 
Grouping and treatment of material 6 
Abbreviations in the text 7 
Descriptive characters 8 
Teeth: dental caries 13 
Blood groups 15 
Anthropometric characters 17 
Measurements recorded and indices calculated 17 
The probable error 17 
The three bands of Chipewyan Indians — 19 
Assumedly pure Chipewyan Indians and Chipewyan-white breeds 21 
Cree at Chipewyan and Oxford House compared 23 
Athapascan, Algonquian, and Siouan stocks 25 
Conclusions 29 
Acknowledgments 31 
Frequency distribution tables 33 
Frequency distribution of : 
Stature 34 
Sitting height 34 
Index of sitting height 35 
Cephalic index 35 
Length of head (Glabella ad maximum) 36 
Width of head (Biparietal maximum) 36 
Width of face (Bizygomatic maximum) 37 
Cep halo-facial index (Biparietal bizygomatic) 37 
Width of forehead (Frontal minimum) 38 
Length of face (Menton-crinion) 38 
Length of face (Menton-nasion) 39 
Facial index 39 
Length of upper lip 40 
Height of nose 40 
Width of nose 41 
Nasal index 41 
W T idth of mouth 42 
Length of ear 42 
Width of ear 43 
Ear index 43 
Length of hand 44 
Width of hand 44 
Hand index 45 
