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Show 40 2. Studies and Technical Activities 3. Publications In addition, the Institute is aware that knowledge on the part of the general public of the past and present situation of the Indian world would help enormously to awaken interest and esteem for all that which concerns the betterment of Indian groups. For this reason, plans have been made to publish another series, under the general title of "Cultural Legacy of Indian America." Editorial. "Dos Nuevas Series De Publicaciones Del Instituto," America Indigena, XXIII No. 4, (October, 1963), pp. 275-278. English Summary: In addition to the training of scholarship holders in Indian and rural community development techniques including the organization of a new center in collaboration with the National Indian Institute of Mexico, scheduled to open its doors to students of the various member countries on January 1, 1964, the Institute has taken the necessary steps to begin circulating two important series of publications in the first months of 1964. The first volume of this first series, with the general title of "Social Anthropology in Latin America," will be on Trayectoria de la Antropologia Social en Mexico, in which the distinguished anthropologist, Dr. Juan Comas, describes what Mexican experience has been in this field and includes in anthology form some fundamental papers of the leading scholars of theory and practice of applied anthropology in this country. The second series of pocket editions prepared by the Institute will carry the overall title of "Legacy of Ancient America." Its object is to make known to the general public the cultural heritage of the great pre-Hispanic civilizations, in particular the Maya world, the Aztec or Nahuatl culture of Mexico's central region, Quechua and Aymara, Guarani, etc. Knowledge of the pre- Hispanic cultural storehouse, with reference to its art, its thought, its literature, will be directed towards searching out the most ancient cultural roots of the Latin American peoples and will provoke a greater appreciation on the part of the present descendants of the great culture creators in pre-Columbian times. A result will be greater interest in improving the living conditions of the thirty million Indians, capable, as were their pre-Hispanic ancestors, of creating and in participating directly in the integral development of their respective countries. 1964 Editorial„ "Los Veinticinco Anos Del Instituto Indigenista Interamericano ' America Indigena, XXIV No. 1 (January, 1964), pp. 3-10. In the |