Originally published as the Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. This edition published with a new introduction by David Reed Miller.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, 2009, pp. 143-192
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Book reviews of 20 books:
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Architectural Variability in the Southeast edited by Cameron H. Lacquement.
Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection by Joyce M.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 193-211
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Book review of:
The Iroquois in the War of 1812 by Carl Benn.
The Lakota Ritual and the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice by Raymond Bucko.
The Legacy of Shingwaukonse: A Century of Native Leadership by Janet E. Chute.
The Social Life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory by Julie Cruikshank.
Looking North: Art from the University of Alaska Museum by Aldona Jonaitis (Editor).
Discusses a pictograph site on the Churchill River; article includes maps, photos and an entry from Alexander Mackenzie’s journal describing the rock painting and its location.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 30.
Remarks on Linguistic Ethnology: Introductory to the Report of Dr. A. F. Chamberlain on the Kootenay Indians ...
Report of the Kootenay Indians of South-eastern British Columbia
Report: 1892 on the North-Western Tribes of Canada
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Author/Creator
Alexander Francis Chamberlain
Horatio Hale
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Includes Remarks on Linguistic Ethnology: Introductory to the Report of Dr. A.F. Chamberlain on the Kootenay [Kootenai] Indians of South-Eastern British Columbia by Horatio Hale.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
The Sia by Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory by Lucien M. Turner
A Study of Siouan Cults by James Owen Dorsey
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
Stone Implements of the Potomac-Chesapeake Tidewater Province by William Henry Holmes
The Siouan Indians: A Preliminary Sketch by W. J. McGee
Siouan Sociology: A Posthumus Paper by James Owen Dorsey
Tusayan Katcinas by Jesse Walter Fewkes
The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 by Cosmos Mindeleff
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States by Prof. Cyrus Thomas
The Cherokee Nation of Indians by Charles C. Royce
The Mountain Chant: A Navajo Ceremony by Dr. Washington Matthews
The Seminole Indians of Florida by Clay MacCauley
The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child by Mrs. Tilly E. Stevenson
Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
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Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
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"Reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social condition of the North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada," focuses on Blackfoot, Cree and Ojibwe/Ojibway, 1885 era.
Preliminary Notes on the Indians of British Columbia
Report on the Sarcee Indians
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Author/Creator
Franz Boas
[Edward Francis Wilson]
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Committee appointed to research and report on "physical characters, languages, and industrial and social condition of the North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada; includes some commentary on the Sarcee peoples, and Inuit.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 25-37
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Author examines the writings and compares the careers of two missionaries working to convert Indigenous peoples in North America; focuses on the missionaries’ engagement with the elders, storytellers and culture of the nations.
BC Studies, no. 138/139, Native Geographies, Summer/Autumn, 2003, pp. 165-172
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Book review of: Indian Myths & Legends From the North Pacific Coast of America: A Translation of Franz Boas' 1895 Edition of Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen Kuste Amerikas edited by Randy Bouchard and Dorothy Kennedy.
Gateways: Exploring the Legacy of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1897-1902 edited by Igor Krupnik and William W. Fitzhugh.
Q'sapi: A History of Okanagan People as Told by Okanagan Families edited by Shirley Louis.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, 1989, pp. 97-128
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Book reviews of:
The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories by Robert J. Conley.
Social Change in the Southwest, 1350-1880 by Thomas D. Hall.
Collections Arctiques by Yvon Csonka.
New Directions in American Indian History edited by Colin G. Calloway.
Hasinai: A Traditional History of the Caddo Confederacy by Vynola Beaver Newkumet, Howard L. Meredith.
Sous le signe de l'ours.
A comprehensive guide to the First Nations Gallery at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina. Includes a variety of historical and anthropological information on First Nations within present day Saskatchewan.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
Zuñi Fetiches by Frank Hamilton Cushing
Myths of the Iroquois by Erminnie A. Smith
Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley by Henry W. Henshaw
Navajo Weavers by Dr. Washington Matthews
Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans by William H.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico by J. W. Powell
The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa by W. J. Hoffman
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney
Report - 1887 on the North-Western Tribes of Canada
Report on the Blackfoot Tribes
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Author/Creator
Horatio Hale
Edward Francis Wilson
Description
Designed to be a record of characteristics and condition of First Nations people prior to intermarriage, dispersion, or contact with Europeans. An attempt to retain knowledge regarding the arts, customs and beliefs.
30th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1908-1909
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Author/Creator
W. H. Holmes
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Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes
Ethnobotany of the Zuñi Indians by Matilda Coxe Stevenson
An Inquiry Into the Animism, and Folk-lore of the Guiana Indians by Walter E. Roth
List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology
The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibwa Nation
The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibwe Nation
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Author/Creator
G. Copway (Kah Ge Ga Gah Bowh)
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As the author, Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh, states it is "the first volume of Indian history written by an Indian, with a hope that it may in some degree benefit his nation"..
Physical Characteristics of the Tribes of British Columbia
Summary of the Work of the Committee in British Columbia
The Chilcotin
The North-Western Tribes of Canada: Twelfth and Final Report of the Committe, Consisting of Professor E. B. Tylor (Chairman), Sir Cuthbert E. Peek (Secretary), Dr. G. M. Dawson, Mr. R. G. Haliburton, Mr. David Boyle and Hon. G. W. Ross ...
The Social Organisation of the Haida
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Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Livingston Farrand
Description
Includes essays on the Chilcotin, Haida and linguistics.