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Bureau of American Ethnology
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The Bureau of American Ethnology was established in 1879 by an act of Congress for the purpose of transferring archives, records and materials relating to the Indians of North America from the Departm
Frances Densmore with Blackfoot chief Mountain Chief during a recording session for the BAE
Frances Densmore with Blackfoot chief Mountain Chief during a recording session for the BAE
John Wesley Powell
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John Wesley Powell was a U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month ri
Bureau of American Ethnology
…of North America from the Department of the Interior to the Smithsonian Institution. But from the start, the bureau's visionary founding director, John Wesley Powell, promoted a broader mission: "to organize anthropologic research in America." Under Powell, the bureau organized research-intensive multi-year projects…
Powell as he appears at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Powell as he appears at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
John Wesley Powell and his wife, Emma, in Detroit in 1863.
John Wesley Powell and his wife, Emma, in Detroit in 1863.
First camp of the John Wesley Powell expedition [second Colorado River expedition], in the willows, Green River, Wyoming, 1871.
First camp of the John Wesley Powell expedition [second Colorado River expedition], in the willows, Green River, Wyoming, 1871.
Powell (right) with Tau-gu, a Southern Paiute, 1871–1872.
Powell (right) with Tau-gu, a Southern Paiute, 1871–1872.