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Show 50 d) As the prime activity of the Institute, to train personnel of the various countries in the theory and practice of Indian community development and in the applied social sciences and therefore have available an ever-growing group of technicians so necessary for countries in the process of integration. e) To collaborate with the member countries in the evaluation of their Indianist programs, considering that such evaluation, unfortunately rarely undertaken at the conclusion of the projects, is the key to improving later programs and to realize to what extent the program evaluated has been useful to the community and to the nation. f) Concern for the groups on their way to extinction, principally the jungle-dwellers since these are the groups most frequently forgotten and who receive the least assistance. g) To increase, wherever possible, all the general activities of the Institute such as its publications program, the installation of expositions, enlargement of the library, etc. Aguirre, Dr. Gonzalo. "Address . . . Beltran on the occasion of his taking office as Director of the Inter-American Indian Institute," Anuario Indigenista, XXVI, (December, 1966), pp. 3-6. Article written in Spanish and English. States that through his appointment, the board has paid homage to Mexican Indianism and Social Anthropology. States some of his goals to benefit the Indian population: increase personnel training activites and translate and publish the basic works of Social Anthropology into Spanish. Villa Rojas, Alfonso. "Informe de labores del Departamento de Investiga-ciones Antropologicas 1965-1966," Anuario Indigenista, XXVI, (December, 1966), pp. 7-95. English Summary: The report herewith presented is on the series of activities carried out by the Anthropology Department of the Inter-American Indian Institute since its creation in July, 1965. These activities are analyzed separately under the following five categories: 1. Research; 2. Personnel Training; 3. Publication; 4. Archives and Information Center, and 5. Other activities. The section on research takes up the major part of this report; the studies made were: 1. Evaluation of Indianist activity in the Coordinating Center of Chiapas, Mexico; 2. Preliminary study of Crafts in Peru and Bolivia; 3. History of the Indianist movement in Brazil; 4. Preparation of a manual of theoretical character on community development; 5. Preliminary exploration of Indian living conditions in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador; 6. Field study on methods and results of the Indianist policy in Colombia |
