Source Materials for Comparative Studies of the Indians of the Americas

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27 endogamy and are affected fatally by diseases brought by Whites and Mestizos, since they had previously never suffered from them. The Editor goes on to point out other facts about these people and contrasts them with groups of farmers from several northern border States, and he talks also of their lives and says that the countries of America can never be conceived as homogeneous societies and there­fore susceptible of movement upward in their evolution by means of one general system. 1948 Editorial. "S. 0. S. From the Indians to the Continent," America Indigena Vol. VIII No. 1 (January, 1948), Mexico, D.F., pp. 3-7. The found­ations of the continental Indian movement were laid (no matter how slight) four centuries ago by the well-known benefactors of the Indians who have been mentioned in this editorial. The movement has always been independent of political parties and, furthermore, those who insist on the contrary are the inhuman and egotistical exploiters of the Indian. Written in Spanish and English. Editorial. "From Patzcuaro to Cuzco," America Indigena, Vol. VIII No. 2 (April, 1948), Mexico, D.F., pp. 83-88. This editorial is taken from an address by Dr. Manuel Gamio on the Indian Day, April 19, 1948. Dr. Gamio says that the campaign to better conditions for the native population dates from the early 16th century, but these efforts were isolated and uncoordinated. At the First Indigenist Congress of Patzcuaro in 1940, 21 American republics joined together and many sensible suggestions were made and acted upon for the elevation and improvement of the material and intellectual life of the American Indian. However, World War II broke out and not until 1948 has another meeting been planned. Dr. Gamio goes on to predict the terrible things which will happen unless the life of the natives is elevated and the quality improved as well as improvement in their intellectual and material existence. Written in Spanish and English. Editorial. "La Colaboracion entre las Instituciones inter y Panamericanas debe ser mas efectiva," America Indigena, VIII, No. 4 (October, 1948), pp. 232-238. This article was originally written in the form of a Proposal for the Second Inter-American Indian Congress and discusses the effective collaboration which should take place between the Pan-and Inter-American institutions. The question of financing the Instituto Indigenista Interamericano is discussed at length.