02989cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000130010610000360011924501610015526400510031630000470036733600260041433700260044033800360046650000310050250502030053350803940073652012090113053400450233965300420238465300410242665300530246765300310252065300450255185600430259626568UtSlPG20260610133616.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE011aPM1 aPowell, John Wesley,d1834-190210aSeventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology :bto the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2008-09-100 aIndian linguistic families of America north of Mexico / J.W. Powell -- The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa / W.J. Hoffman -- The sacred formulas of the Cherokees / James Mooney.  aProduced by Carlo Traverso, William Flis, C. J. Lippert,
Julia Miller, Frank van Drogen, Louise Hope, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This
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by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at
http://gallica.bnf.fr and First-Hand History at
http://www.1st-hand-history.org/Boe/BOEindex.htm)  a"Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology" by John Wesley Powell is a scientific publication written during the late 19th century. This report details the ongoing ethnological research and fieldwork conducted among North American Indians. It covers various topics, including linguistic classifications, archeological findings, cultural practices, and insights from prominent scholars contributing to this field of study.  The opening of this report begins with a letter of transmittal from Powell to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, outlining the Bureau's objectives and accomplishments for the fiscal year 1885-1886. It emphasizes the importance of collaborative efforts while inviting contributions from explorers and scholars to expand knowledge on Native American cultures. The text introduces the structure of the report, which includes the Director's report, field exploration findings, office work, and accompanying scientific papers on linguistic families, the Ojibwa Grand Medicine Society, and Cherokee sacred formulas. It sets the stage for a detailed examination of the methodologies and findings stemming from those studies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aIndians of North America -- Languages  aIndians of North America -- Medicine  aIndians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies  aOjibwa Indians -- Medicine  aCherokee Indians -- Rites and ceremonies40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26568