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Show 85 Mac-Lean y Estenos, Roberto, "Planteamientos y Soluciones del Problema Indigena," America Indigena. XVIII (July, 1958), pp. 205-236. English summary: The theme of this article the statement and solution of the Indian problem, is of highest importance in America. Many countries of the continent have large masses of aborigines who, because of their retarded development, do not participate in national life or, if so, not in a degree that is desired. In order to derive a correct solution of this problem, Mac-Lean y Estenos postulates that the heterogeneity of diverse Indigenous groups must first be taken into account --conglomerates ranging from primitive hunting and collecting nomads to descendents of the formidable Inca, Maya and Nahuatl cultures. Within the diverse types of native cultures, the problem requires, in a general focus, methods adapted to their several needs. The general orientation should be based on an integral criterion: partial projects of betterment producing only negative results are inadequate. Three fundamental objectives should be embraced in an integral criterion: 1) the land, base of agrarian economy; 2) the school, foundation of spiritual liberation; and 3) health, basis of organic welfare. Throughout the article, each of these points are discussed at length with examples given from various countries. The views of the author coincide with those principles enunciated by Dr. Manuel Gamio, Director of the Inter-American Indian Institute, namely, agrarian repartition, the urgency of teaching natives the consumption of new products and improved techniques of production; the importance of introducing modern therapeutic methods to empirical practitioners of medicine, etc. In termination, the author asserts that the goal of the integral solution of the Indian problem is not fully acknowledged, that some governments do not have a clear idea of its magnitude nor the urgency of its solution, concerning, as it does, all social classes of nations confronting the problem. 1959 Leon-Portilla, Miguel,"Panorama de la Poblacion Indigena de Mexico," America Indigena, XIX, No. 1 (January, 1959), pp. 43-73. English summary: Some time ago the Inter-American Indian Institute began the preparation of a "General Guide to the Indian Population of America." This Guide attempts to present information in synthesis concerning the numbers, geographic distribution and acculturation of the Indians in the various American countries, as well as information on the various Indianist organizations that work among them. As an advance on the Guide, the information concerning the Indians of Chile and the United States of America has been published in this same magazine (see America Indigena, Vol. XVII, No. 3, pp. 247-259 and Vol. XVIII, No. 2, pp. 99-118). This number includes the section |