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Show 36 And, as the author points out in this article, many of Gamio s ideas on this subject are still valid. His analyses, some of them masterly, of our resources, our development, our institutions, political and familial, all developed within a profoundly revolutionary framework, but of extraordinary breadth, thus allowing him to accept all the good and useful, and reject all the bad, no matter what, are the basis for two aphorisms frequently expressed today: Mexico for the Mexicans - and - Consume What the Country Produces. The author concludes saying: "Neither an economist by trade nor a sociologist by profession, but a man receptive to all cultural horizons, Gamio's thought is a fundamental contribution toward understanding the Mexican reality. His work deserves to be more widely known and collected for those attempting an integral study of our country." 1961 Editorial. "Nuestro Objectivo," America Indigena, XXI No. 1, (January, 1961), pp. 3-6. Inter- American Indianism, thanks to the work of such extraordinary figures as Dr. Manuel Gamio, Mariscal Rondon, Prof. Moises Saenz, among those now dead, and many other prominent men who are continuing the work, is a reality in the life of the American Continent. There are National Indian Institutes ..in Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Uruguay. In Argentina there is the National Department of Indian Affairs; in Brazil, the Indian Protective Service; in Costa Rica, the Council for Protection of Native Races; in El Salvador, the Department of Literacy and Education; in the United States, the Office of Indian Affairs; in Mexico, the Department of the same name; in Paraguay, the Indianist Association, and in Venezuela, the Indianist Commission. With all the limitations, principally of an economic character, which undeniably exist, it can be stated, nevertheless, that a network of cultural activity functions throughout the continent in benefit of more than 30 million human beings, descendants of the oldest Americans. Founded to act as a center of coordination and collaboration in this great undertaking, the Inter-American Indian Institute has functioned through the years, maintaining contact among all these organizations, official as well as private, by means of its information organs and the various international congresses. Editorial. "XXXV Congreso Internacional De Americanistas Y Reunion Tecnica Sobre Indigenismo," America Indigena, XXI No. 4, (October, 1961), pp. 263-268. Two important meetings will take place next year |