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At which cultural institution did Powell support linguistic and sociological research?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Library of Congress
The Smithsonian Institution
The Museum of Modern Art
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The Smithsonian Institution is a cultural institution that Powell supported linguistic and sociological research. Powell was the founding director of the Bureau of American Ethnology, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution. The Bureau of American Ethnology was established in 1879 and is the oldest anthropological research organization in the United States.
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