Skinner Anthropological Expeditions

Exist Dates

1908 - 1913

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

To study the culture of the American Indians in Quebec, Manitoba, Wisconsin, Florida, among other areas.

Personnel: Skinner, Alanson, Leader

Department: Department of Anthropology

In 1909, Alanson Skinner visited the Northern Ojibway and Eastern Cree of the region south of Hudson Bay and the Stockbridge, Oneida, Menominee and Winnebago of Wisconsin. (AMNH Annual Report for 1909, p. 39-40) Skinner visited the Seminole in Florida and the Menomini of Wisconsin during 1910.

Sources: AMNH Annual Report, #40 for the year 1908, p. 37; AR #41 for the year 1909, p. 39; probably also for following years; American Museum Journal, Oct. 1910, p.180; AM Journal, Feb. 1912, p.77; AM Journal, Oct. 1913.

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