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jan 1, 1879 - Bureau of American Ethnology established by Congress

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Bureau of American Ethnology established by Congress for the purpose of archiving Indigenous records/materials. Bureau and Smithsonian sponsor "salvage anthropology" missions. Also a reflection of the myth of the vanishing Indian, belief that Native Americans were becoming an object of historical study.

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Native American History

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jan 1, 1879
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~ 146 years ago
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