Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology

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The publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology consists of Contributions to North American Ethnology, Annual Reports, Bulletins, Introductions, Miscellaneous Publications, and the Publications of the Institute of Social Anthropology.  Read more...

• First annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1879-80
  • Sketch of the mythology of the North American Indians, J. W. Powell
  • Wyandot Government, J. W. Powell
  • On limitations of the use of some anthropologic data, J. W. Powell
  • Study of Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians, Dr. H. C. Yarrow
  • Studies of Central American Picture-writing, Edward S. Holden
  • Cessions of land by Indian Tribes to the United States, Indiana, C. C. Royce
  • Sign Language among North American Indians, Garrick Mallery
  • Catalogue of linguistic manuscripts in the Library of the Bureau of Ethnology, James C. Pilling
  • Illustrations of the Method of recording Indian Language, Messrs J. O. Dorsey, A. S. Gatschet and S. R. Riggs
• Second annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81
  • Zuñi fetiches, Frank Hamilton Cushing
  • Myths of the Iroquois, Erminnie A. Smith
  • Animal carvings from mounds of the Mississippi Valley, Henry W. Henshaw
  • Navajo Silversmiths, Dr. Washington Matthews
  • Art in shell of the ancient Americans, William H. Holmes
  • Illustrated catalogue of the collections obtained from the Indians of New Mexico and Arizona in 1879, James Stevenson
  • Illustrated catalogue of the collections obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880, James Stevenson
• Third annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1881-82
  • Notes on certain Maya and Mexican manuscripts, Prof. Cyrus Thomas
  • On masks, labrets and certain aboriginal customs with an inquiry into the bearing of their geographical distribution, William Healey Dall
  • Omaha Sociology, Rev. J. Owen Dorsey
  • Navajo weavers, Dr. Washington Matthews
  • Prehistoric textile fabrics of the United States derived from impressions on pottery, William H. Holmes
  • Illustrated catalogue of a portion of the collections made by the Bureau of Ethnology during the field season in 1881, William H. Holmes
  • Illustrated catalogue of a portion of the collections obtained from the pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico and Wolpi Arizona in  1881, James Stevenson
• Fourth annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1882-83
  • Photographs of the North American Indian, Garrick Mallery
  • Pottery of the ancient Pueblos, William H. Holmes
  • Ancient pottery of the Mississippi Valley, William H. Holmes
  • Origin and development of form and ornament in ceramic art, William H. Holmes
  • A study of Pueblo pottery as illustrative of Zuñi culture-growth, Fred Hamilton Cushing
• Fifth Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1883-84
  • Burial mounds of the northern sections of the United States,  Prof. Cyrus Thomas
  • The Cherokee Nation of Indians: A narrative of their official relations with the Colonial and Federal governments, Charles C. Royce
  • The mountain chant: A Navajo ceremony, Dr. Washington Matthews
  • The Seminole Indians of Florida, Clay MacCauley
  • The religious life of the Zuñi child, Mrs. Tilly E. Stevenson
• Sixth Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1884-85
  • Ancient art of the province of Chiriquí, Columbia, William H. Holmes
  • A study of the textile art in its relation to the development of form and ornament, William H. Holmes
  • Aids to the study of the Maya codices, Prof. Cyrus Thomas
  • Osage traditions, Rev. J. Owen Dorsey
  • The Central Eskimo, Dr. Franz Boas
• Seventh Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1885-86
  • Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico, J. W. Powell
  • The Midē'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa, W. J. Hoffman
  • The Sacred formulas of the Cherokees, James Mooney
• Eighth Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1886-87
  • A study of Pueblo architecture, Tusayan and Cibola, Victor Mindeleff
  • Ceremonial of Hasjelti Daijis and mythical sand paintings of the Navajo Indians, James Stevenson
• Ninth Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1887-88
  • Ethnological results of the Point Barrow Expedition, John Murdoch
  • The medicine-men of the Apache, John G. Bourke
• Tenth Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1888-89
  • Picture writing of the American Indians, Garrick Mallery
• Eleventh Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology
  • The Sia, Matilda Coxe Stevenson
  • Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory, Lucien M. Turner
  • A study of Siouan cults, James Owen Dorsey
• Twelfth Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology
  • Report on the mound explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology, Cyrus Thomas

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List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1956 and 1971

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