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Show 71 D.F., pp. 31-43. Article written in English, summary in Spanish. Editorial, "On the Necessity for Secretariats or Ministries of Population," America Indigena, Vol. VIII, No. 3 (July, 1948), Mexico, D.F., pp. 148-154. The aboriginal Americans have been helped through the many efforts of the government; however, help has not been sufficient to improve their life style enough so they enjoy the same conditions in life that are enjoyed by groups of other origin. This problem could greatly be improved by having a new Secretariat or Ministry of Population. The article explains what accomplishments could be made by having such a group. Written in Spanish and English. Caso, Alfonso (Mexico), "Definicion del Indio y Lo Indio," America Indigena, VIII, No. 4 (October, 1948), Mexico, D.F., pp. 239-247. English summary: One of the weak spots in practical Indianism is the lack of an adequate universal criterion of what is understood by the word "Indian." As a movement of just and lawful restoration Indianism has in recent years reached solid ground, but when the movement will have gained its concrete aims of immediate material aid to the Indian in order to incorporate him into the national life of those nations in which he has deep biological and mythological roots, it will be necessary to have defined once and for all the Indian. And although such a definition is not by far the greatest problem facing us today, still it is one of the problems, and, even in theoretical works, it constitutes an obstacle to our knowing clearly and well-demarcated, just who is being reincorporated. Thus the topic of defining the Indian has become impassioned, and clarification is indeed necessary. It is possible that in the Second Inter-American Indianist Congress much may be gained along these lines, and that for the 1950 Census there may be a pattern-adjustable, into which fit the different aspects of the problem-and thus that we may at least know how many Indians there are on the Continent, with more accuracy than the usual calculation of 30,000,000. The scholars who have submitted ideas on this subject are several: Gamio, Lewis, and Maes, de la Fuente (see Gamio, Manuel: "Considera-ciones sobre el Problema Indigena de America," "Las Caracteristicas Culturales y los Censos Indigenas" and "Calificacion de las Caracteristicas Culturales de los Grupos Indigenas." Lewis, Oscar and Maes, Ernest E.: "Base para una Nueva Definicion Practica del Indio." De Is Fuente, Julio: "Definicion, Pase y Desaparicion del Indio en Mexico," and "Discriminacion del Indio"-- in America Indigena: II (2), 17; II (3), 15 and II (4), 17. V, 107. VII, 63 and 211-) and now Dr. Caso, names which figure largely in the discussion. In this article for presentation at the Congress of Cuzco the renowned Mexican archaeologist sets forth his ideas defining "the Indian and that which is Indian." In the first place Dr. Caso affirms that to define something |