Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Links to an external site.

*Link opens to the page showing "Treaty E Tribes" cessions of May 28, 1851 --which includes Berkeley-- designated numbers 280 and 281 on California map 1 (found on page 510/748, using the digital pagination at the bottom right of the screen)

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Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 
Links to an external site.

*Link opens to the page showing "Treaty E Tribes" cessions of May 28, 1851 --which includes Berkeley-- designated numbers 280 and 281 on California map 1 (found on page 510/748, using the digital pagination at the bottom right of the screen)

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

The prompt presents a document described as the Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, with a note about links and a reference to Treaty E Tribes cessions. The question appears to ask for the classification of this document.
First, consider what a primary source is: it is an original document or artifact created at the time under study, presenting firsthand information or evidence about a topic.
In this case, an annual report submitted by a government bureau to a secretary represents an original record created at the time of its production, providing firsthand information about the bureau's activities, findings, and official communications. Therefore, labeling it a primary source is appropriate.
If one were to consider possible distractors (even though none are listed here):
- A secondary source would be a work that analyzes, interprets, or summarizes primary sources (for example, a history article discussing the Bureau’s findings).
- A tertiary source would synthesize information from primary and secondary sources, such as an encyclopedia entry.
- A non-scholarly or popular source would present information for general audiences without scholarly apparatus.
By contrast, the annual report is an original, contemporaneous document produced by the Bureau itself, which is why it functions as a primary source.
Additionally, the mention of Treaty E Tribes and specific cessions indicates content drawn from historical records and official actions of the period, reinforcing its primary-source nature rather than a later analysis.
In summary, given that the document is an original governmental report created during the period it describes, calling it a primary source accurately reflects its evidentiary status and provenance.

COLWRIT R4B-SEM-002 Primary and Secondary Sources

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