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Title : Annual report of the Bureau of American ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian institution

Author : Bureau of American ethnology (Washington, D.C.)

Publisher : Government printing office (Washington)

Date of publication : 1895-1964

Contributor : Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902). Directeur de publication

Type : texte , publication en série imprimée

Language : English

Format : application/pdf

Copyright : domaine public

Identifier : ark:/12148/cb37575968z/date

Identifier : ISSN 0097269X

Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France

Relation : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37575968z/description

Provenance : bnf.fr

Description : Périodicité : Annuel

Description : Etat de collection : n. 1 (1879)-n. 48 (1931)

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1879 (N1)-1880. Note : Index.
Table of contents
    REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR.
     
    Introductory
    XI
    Bibliography of North American philology, by J. C. Pilling
    XV
    Linguistic and other anthropologic researches, by J. O. Dorsey
    Linguistic researches, by S. R. Riggs
    Linguistic and general researches among the Klamath Indians, by A. S. Gatschet.
    XIX
    Studies among the Iroquois, by Mrs. E. A. Smith
    Work by Prof. Otis T. Mason
    The study of gesture speech, by Brevet Lieut. Col. Garrick Mallery
    Studies on Central American picture writing, by Prof. E. S. Holden
    XXV
    The study of mortuary customs, by Dr. H. C. Yarrow
    Investigations relating to cessions of lands by Indian tribes to the United States, by C. C. Royce
    Explorations by Mr. James Stevenson
    XXX
    Researches among the Wintuns, by Prof. J. W. Powell
    The preparation of manuals for use in American research
    Linguistic classification of the North American tribes
    ACCOMPANYING PAPERS.
     
    ON THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE, BY J. W. POWELL.
     
    Process by combination
    3
    Process by vocalic mutation
    5
    Process by intonation
    6
    Process by placement
    6
    Differentiation of the parts of speech
    8
    SKETCH OF THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, BY J. W. POWELL.
     
    The genesis of philosophy
    19
    Two grand stages of philosophy
    21
    Mythologic philosophy has four stages
    29
    Outgrowth from mythologic philosophy
    33
    The course of evolution in mythologic philosophy
    38
    Mythic tales
    43
    The Cín-aú-äv Brothers discuss matters of importance to the Utes
    44
    Origin of the echo
    45
    The So'-kûs Wai'-ûn-ats
    47
    Ta-vwots has a fight with the sun
    52
    WYANDOT GOVERNMENT, BY J. W. POWELL.
     
    The family
    59
    The gens
    59
    The phratry
    60
    Government
    61
    Civil government
    61
    Methods of choosing councillors
    61
    Functions of civil government
    63
    Marriage regulations
    63
    Name regulations
    64
    Regulations of personal adornment
    64
    Regulations of order in encampment
    64
    Property rights
    65
    Rights of persons
    65
    Community rights
    65
    Rights of religion
    65
    Crimes
    66
    Theft
    66
    Maiming
    66
    Murder
    66
    Treason
    67
    Withcraft
    67
    Outlawry
    67
    Military government
    68
    Fellowhood
    68
    ON LIMITATIONS TO THE USE OF SOME ANTHROPOLOGIC DATA, BY J. W. POWELL.
     
    Archæology
    73
    Picture writing
    75
    History, customs, and ethnic characteristics
    76
    Origin of man
    77
    Language
    78
    Mythology
    81
    Sociology
    83
    Psychology
    83
    A FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE MORTUARY CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, BY H. C. YARROW.
     
    List of illustrations
    89
    Introductory
    91
    Classification of burial
    92
    Inhumation
    93
    Pit burial
    93
    Grave burial
    101
    Stone graves or cists
    113
    Burial in mounds
    115
    Burial beneath or in cabins, wigwams, or houses
    122
    Cave burial
    126
    Embalmment or mummification
    130
    Urn burial
    137
    Surface burial
    138
    Cairn burial
    142
    Cremation
    143
    Partial cremation
    150
    Aerial sepulture
    152
    Lodge burial
    152
    Box burial
    155
    Tree and scaffold burial
    158
    Partial scaffold burial and ossuaries
    168
    Superterrene and aerial burial in canoes
    171
    Aquatic burial
    180
    Living sepulchers
    182
    Mourning, sacrifice, feasts, etc
    183
    Mourning
    183
    Sacrifice
    187
    Feasts
    190
    Superstition regarding burial feasts
    191
    Food
    192
    Dances
    192
    Songs
    194
    Games
    195
    Posts
    197
    Fires
    198
    Superstitions
    199
    STUDIES IN CENTRAL AMERICAN PICTURE WRITING, BY E. S. HOLDEN.
     
    List of illustrations
    206
    Introductory
    207
    Materials for the present investigation
    210
    System of nomenclature
    211
    In what order are the hieroglyphs read?
    221
    The card catalogue of hieroglyphs
    223
    Comparison of plates I and IV (Copan)
    224
    Are the hieroglyphs of Copan and Palenque identical?
    227
    Huitzilopochtli, Mexican god of war, etc
    229
    Tlaloc, or his Maya representative
    237
    Cukulcan or Quetzalcoatl
    239
    Comparison of the signs of the Maya months
    243
    CESSIONS OF LAND BY INDIAN TRIBES TO THE UNITED STATES, BY C. C. ROYCE.
     
    Character of the Indian title
    249
    Indian boundaries
    253
    Original and secondary cessions
    256
    SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, BY COL GARRICK MALLERY.
     
    Introductory
    269
    Divisions of gesture speech
    270
    The origin of sign language
    273
    Gestures of the lower animals
    275
    Gestures of young children
    276
    Gestures in mental disorder
    276
    Uninstructed deaf-mutes
    277
    Gestures of the blind
    278
    Loss of speech by isolation
    278
    Low tribes of man
    279
    Gestures as an occasional resource
    279
    Gestures of fluent talkers
    279
    The origin of sign language.
     
    Involuntary response to gestures
    280
    Natural pantomime
    280
    Some theories upon primitive language
    282
    Conclusions
    284
    History of gesture language
    285
    Modern use of gesture speech
    293
    Use by other peoples than North American Indians
    294
    Use by modern actors and orators
    308
    Our Indian conditions favorable to sign language
    311
    Theories entertained respecting Indian signs
    313
    Not correlated with meagerness of language
    314
    Its origin from one tribe or region
    316
    Is the Indian system special and peculiar?
    319
    To what extent prevalent as a system
    323
    Are signs conventional or instinctive?
    340
    Classes of diversities in signs
    341
    Results sought in the study of sign language
    346
    Practical application
    346
    Relations to philology
    349
    Sign language with reference to grammar
    359
    Gestures aiding archæologic research
    368
    Notable points for further researches
    387
    Invention of new signs
    387
    Danger of symbolic interpretation
    388
    Signs used by women and children
    391
    Positive signs rendered negative
    391
    Details of positions of fingers
    392
    Motions relative to parts of the body
    393
    Suggestions for collecting signs
    394
    Mode in which researches have been made
    395
    List of authorities and collaborators
    401
    Algonkian
    403
    Dakotan
    404
    Iroquoian
    405
    Kaiowan
    406
    Kutinean
    406
    Panian
    406
    Piman
    406
    Sahaptian
    406
    Shoshonian
    406
    Tinnean
    407
    Wichitan
    407
    Zuñian
    407
    Foreign correspondence
    407
    Extracts from dictionary
    409
    Tribal signs
    458
    Proper names
    476
    Phrases
    479
    Dialogues
    486
    Narratives
    500
    Discourses
    521
    Signals
    529
    Signals executed by bodily action
    529
    Signals in which objects are used in connection with personal action
    532
    Signals made when the person of the signalist is not visible
    536
    Scheme of illustration
    544
    Outlines for arm positions in sign language
    545
    Types of hand positions in sign language
    547
    Examples
    550
    CATALOGUE OF LINGUISTIC MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY, BY J. C. PILLING.
     
    Introductory
    555
    List of manuscripts
    562
    ILLUSTRATION OF THE METHOD OF RECORDING INDIAN LANGUAGES. FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS OF MESSRS. J. O. DORSEY, A. S. GATSCHET, AND S. R. RIGGS.
     
    How the rabbit caught the sun in a trap, by J. O. Dorsey
    581
    Details of a conjurer's practice, by A. S. Gatschet
    583
    The relapse, by A. S. Gatschet
    585
    A dog's revenge, by S. R. Riggs
    587
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