Bureau of American Ethnology

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United States federal agency research institution

The Bureau of American Ethnology was a U.S. government research institution, founded in the late 19th century, dedicated to the systematic study and documentation of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

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Label Occurrences
Bureau of American Ethnology canonical 20
Bureau of Ethnology 4
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
research institution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs BAE ⓘ
archivesAt National Anthropological Archives ⓘ
Smithsonian Institution Archives ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
director J. Walter Fewkes ⓘ
John Wesley Powell ⓘ
Matthew Stirling ⓘ
surface form: Matthew W. Stirling

William Henry Holmes ⓘ
dissolved 1965 ⓘ
employed Alice Cunningham Fletcher ⓘ
Frank Hamilton Cushing ⓘ
Franz Boas ⓘ
Frederick Webb Hodge ⓘ
James Mooney ⓘ
John R. Swanton ⓘ
fieldOfWork anthropology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
ethnology ⓘ
folklore studies ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
foundedAs Bureau of American Ethnology self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bureau of Ethnology
foundedBy John Wesley Powell ⓘ
hasPart Archaeological research division ⓘ
Ethnological research division ⓘ
Linguistic research division ⓘ
Mound Exploration Division ⓘ
hasPublication Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Bureau of American Ethnology Anthropological Papers ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1879 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
mainSubject American Indian archaeology ⓘ
American Indian languages ⓘ
indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ
surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas

Native American cultures ⓘ
mission collection of ethnographic, linguistic, and archaeological data ⓘ
documentation of Native American cultures ⓘ
systematic study of Indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ
notableWork Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
surface form: Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports

Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico ⓘ
United States–Native American treaties ⓘ
surface form: Indian Land Cessions in the United States
operatedBy Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
parentOrganization Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
partOf Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
replacedBy Smithsonian Institution Archives ⓘ
surface form: Smithsonian Office of Anthropology

Referenced by (26)

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Handbook of American Indian Languages → publisher → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Handbook of American Indian Languages → publicationSeries → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
Edward Sapir → employer → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Bureau of American Ethnology → foundedAs → Bureau of American Ethnology self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bureau of Ethnology
Handbook of the Indians of California → publisher → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
John Wesley Powell → employer → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bureau of Ethnology
William Henry Holmes → employer → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
J. Walter Fewkes → employer → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology → producedBy → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico → publisher → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico → publishedBy → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
James Mooney → employer → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Frank Hamilton Cushing → employer → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bureau of Ethnology
Frank Hamilton Cushing → memberOf → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bureau of Ethnology
Mound Exploration Division → partOf → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
BAE → standsFor → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology → publishedBy → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology → producedBy → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
John R. Swanton → employer → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
John R. Swanton → memberOf → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Bureau of American Ethnology Anthropological Papers → publisher → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Bureau of American Ethnology Anthropological Papers → producedBy → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
Frederick Webb Hodge → employer → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
linguist John Peabody Harrington → employer → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
subject surface form: John Peabody Harrington
linguist John Peabody Harrington → affiliation → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ
subject surface form: John Peabody Harrington
this entity surface form: Bureau of American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution
J. P. Harrington → employer → Bureau of American Ethnology ⓘ