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Show 93 Guatemala, pp. 57-63. 11. Honduras, pp. 63-65. 12. Mexico, pp. 84-86. 13. Nicaragua, pp. 84-86. 14. Panama, pp. 86-96. 15. Paraguay, pp. 96-98. 16. Peru, pp. 98-115. 17. United States, 115-124. 18. Venezuela, pp. 124-130. "Indians in the Hemisphere today," Indianist Yearbook, XXII (December, 1962), p. 3. English summary: As offered in the Boletin Indigenista, Vol. XXI, Dec. 1961, we are publishing here a more comprehensive version of the "General Guide to the Indian Population of the Americas." This guide offers monographs prepared by specialists on the principal Indian groups living in the 17 member countries of the Institute, and in Canada, the other country of this hemisphere with an Indian population. In the following introduction the purpose of the present publication is described as well as the points it covers. Leon-Portilla, Dr. Miguel, Director, "Introduction," Indianist Yearbook, XXII (December, 1962), pp. 5-7. English summary: To comprehend the reality of the Indian community on the Continent in its various cultural and ecological contexts and to further its integral socioeconomic development is the primary objective and constant preoccupation of the Inter-American Indian Institute. It can be stated that throughout the world, and particularly on the American scene, more and more attention is being given to community development programs, as well as to the training of personnel in development plans of the American countries to the different levels of the great nuclei made up of the Indian communities in which many pre- Columbian cultural traits still survive. This which is the very heart of the philosophy advocated by this Institute, is already also a universally accepted principle by other national and international organizations working on socio-economic development projects. 1964 Tax, Susan, "Displacement Activity in Zinacantan," America Indigena, XXIV, No. 2 (April, 1964), pp. 111-121. The article is written in English with a Spanish summary. 1965 Hirning, Robert, "Contacto Transoceanico Precolombino Con Sud America," America Indigena, XXV (October, 1965), pp. 409-426. English summary: The author of this article presents--without attempting to reach conclusions or find definite answers-the problem of the theories of diffusionism and separate inventionism relative to America. The subject of possible contacts between the Pre-Hispanic and Old Worlds has constituted a constant battle between the defenders of both theories, accentuated by the totally rigid positions adopted by their advocates, resulting in a wide division between the points |
