John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell

John Wesley Powell

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John Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers that included the first passage of European Americans through the Grand Canyon.Powell served as second director of the US Geological Survey (1881–1894) and proposed policies for development of the arid West which were prescient for his accurate evaluation of conditions. He was director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution, where he supported linguistic and sociological research and publications.
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Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico / Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the / Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, / Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142
John Wesley PowellIndian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico / Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the / Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, / Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142
Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians / First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the / Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, / Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56
John Wesley PowellSketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians / First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the / Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, / Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56
On Limitations To The Use Of Some Anthropologic Data
John Wesley PowellOn Limitations To The Use Of Some Anthropologic Data
On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data
John Wesley PowellOn Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data
Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society / Bureau of American Ethnology
John Wesley PowellWyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society / Bureau of American Ethnology
On the Evolution of Language / First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the / Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, / Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16
John Wesley PowellOn the Evolution of Language / First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the / Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, / Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16
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