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100 1 _aPowell, John Wesley,
_d1834-1902
245 1 0 _aSeventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology :
_bto the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2008-09-10
505 0 _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.
508 _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 file was produced from images generously made available 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)
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aIndians of North America -- Languages
653 _aIndians of North America -- Medicine
653 _aIndians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies
653 _aOjibwa Indians -- Medicine
653 _aCherokee Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26568
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