Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bureau_of_Ethnology_at_the_Smithsonian_Institution

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gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:U.S._government
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Bureau_of_American_Ethnology
gptkbp:archivedAt	gptkb:National_Anthropological_Archives
gptkbp:contributedTo	archaeological surveys classification of Native American languages documentation of Native American cultures ethnographic mapping
gptkbp:dissolved	1965
gptkbp:established	1879
gptkbp:focus	anthropology archaeology linguistics ethnology
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:John_Wesley_Powell
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:U.S._Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mission	study of Native peoples of the United States
gptkbp:notableCollection	gptkb:artifacts linguistic data ethnographic data
gptkbp:notableContributor	gptkb:Alice_Cunningham_Fletcher gptkb:John_Swanton gptkb:Franz_Boas gptkb:James_Mooney gptkb:Frederick_Webb_Hodge
gptkbp:notableDirector	gptkb:William_Henry_Holmes gptkb:John_Wesley_Powell gptkb:Matthew_Stirling
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:Annual_Report_of_the_Bureau_of_Ethnology gptkb:Bulletin_of_the_Bureau_of_American_Ethnology gptkb:Handbook_of_American_Indians_North_of_Mexico
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Contributions_to_North_American_Ethnology Annual Reports Bulletins
gptkbp:studiedBy	gptkb:Native_American_tribe Native American languages Native American archaeology
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Smithsonian_Department_of_Anthropology
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gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_Wesley_Powell
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5