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Show 32 distinguished Brazilian Mariscal Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon, could be called initiator and father of Inter-American Indianism. As it was written in the last issue of the Boletin Indigenista (Vol. XX, 3, September, 1960), Dr. Gamio's death on July 16 of that year was cause for deep regret in Mexico and everywhere on the Continent. Collier, John. "Dr. Manuel Gamio and the Instituto Indigenista Inter- Americano," America Indigena, XX, (October, 1960), pp. 273-275. Article in English with a Spanish summary. Dr. John Collier, old commissioner of native affairs of the United States and representative of its government in the Inter-American Indigenist District, celebrated in Patzcuaro in 1940, has remitted to the Institution a brief collaboration, profoundly emotional, which delineates the human value and intelligence of the late Dr. Manuel Gamio. For Collier, Dr. Gamio was a man who, more than anyone else, understood the indigenous problem to which he untiringly, intensely devoted most of his life. Collier also emphasized the Inter-American Institute in its work for indigenous people. That, with the wind and tide directed by Manuel Gamio, awakened and maintained the moral awareness of the necessity to improve the conditions of life of the millions of indigenous persons. Nowadays, the work of the Institute and its subsidiaries, the National Indigenist Institutes, is a reality. There are limitations, without doubt, but it can be said that hundreds of thousands of indigenous people are actually guided toward a more complete acculturation which respects ancient values but which succeeds in raising their standard of living. Comas, Juan. "La Vida y la Obra de Manuel Gamio (1883-1960)," America Indigena, XX (October, 1960), pp. 245-271. English summary: Dr. Juan Comas, the author of this article, was Dr. Gamio's collaborator for 13 years. Therefore, there are few as well equipped as he to speak of the life and work of this distinguished anthropologist. Through his writings we gain a living image of the man justly known as the initiator of our modern anthropology, and there is no doubt but that Dr. Comas achieves what he himself fears he will be unable to do: "a true reflection of this eminent personality." Thus, step by step, we follow him through the years of his youth, his early interest in anthropology, acquired at his family ranch, where he learned Nahuatl and began to understand the problems of the Aztec-descended individuals and families who lived there. Little by little, he achieves a different view of the Indian problems much more complete and different from that generally held at the time. His view could be called that of the "integrated approach," and it crystallizes into the definite idea expressed in his classic |