Preliminary Notes on the Indians of British Columbia
Report on the Sarcee Indians
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Author/Creator
Franz Boas
[Edward Francis Wilson]
Description
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.
A paper read at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Montreal, in August, 1882. Reprinted from the American Antiquarian for January and April, 1883.
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
Ancient Art of the Province of Chiriqui, Colombia by William H. Holmes
A Study of the Textile Art in Its Relation to the Development of Form and Ornament by William H. Holmes
Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices by Cyrus Thomas
Osage Traditions by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey
The Central Eskimo by Dr. Franz Boas