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...

• Thirty-eighth Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1916-17
  • An introductory study of the arts, crafts and customs of the Guiana Indians, Walter Edmund Roth
• Thirty-ninth Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1917-18
  • The Osage tribe: The rite of vigil, Francis La Flesche
• Fortieth Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1918-19
  • The mythical origin of the White Buffalo Dance of the Fox Indians, Truman Michelson
  • The autobiography of a Fox Indian woman, Truman Michelson
  • Notes on Fox mortuary customs and beliefs, Truman Michelson
  • Notes on the Fox society known as "Those who worship the Little Spotted Buffalo", Truman Michelson
  • The traditional origin of the Fox society known as "The singing around rite," Truman Michelson
• Forty-first Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1919-24
  • Coiled basketry in British Columbia and surrounding region, H. K. Haeberlin
  • Two prehistoric villages in Middle Tennessee, William Edward Myer
• Forty-second Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1924-25
  • Social organization and social usages of the Indians of the Creek Confederacy, John R. Swanton
  • Religious beliefs and medical practices of the Creek Indians, John R. Swanton
  • Indian trails of the Southeast, William E. Myer
• Forty-third Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1925-16
  • The Osage tribe: Two versions of the child-naming rite, Francis La Flesche
  • Wawenock myths texts form Maine, Frank G. Speck
  • Native tribes and dialects of Connecticut: A Mohegan-Pequot diary, Frank G. Speck
  • Picuris children stories with texts and songs, J. P. Harrington and Helen H. Roberts
  • Iroquoian cosmology, Second part
• Forty-fourth Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1926-27
  • Exploration of the Burton Mound at Santa Barbara, California, John P. Harrington
  • Social and religious beliefs and usages of the Chickasaw Indians, John R. Swanton
  • Uses of plants by the Chippewa Indians, Frances Densmore
  • Archeological investigations II, Gerald Fowke
• Forty-fifth Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1927-28
  • The Salishan tribes of the western plateaus, James A. Teit
  • Tattooing and face and body painting by the Thompson Indians, British Columbia, Canada, James A. Teit
  • Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia based on field notes, James A. Teit
  • The Osage tribe: Rite of the Wa-xo'-be, Francis La Flesche
• Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1928-29
  • Anthropological survey in Alaska, Aleš Hrdlička
  • Indian tribes of the Upper Missouri, Edwin Thompson Denig
• Forty-seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1929-30
  • The Acoma Indians, Leslie A. White
  • Isleta, New Mexico, Elsie Clews Parsons
  • Introduction to Zuni ceremonialism, Ruth L. Bunzel
  • Zuñi origin myths, Ruth L. Bunzel
  • Zuñi ritual poetry, Ruth L. Bunzel
  • Zuñi katcinas: An analytical study, Ruth L. Bunzel
• Forty-eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1930-31
  • General Index, Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vols. 1-48.

Note: The Forty-eighth Annual Report of the Bureau is the last of this series published in royal octavo size with accompanying scientific papers.  Subsequent annual reports of the Bureau will consist only an administrative report, which will be issued in octavo form.

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

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