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Show 109 system used by all other corn-growing peoples of America, as recorded by the chroniclers of the colonial period and as still practiced in many places today. 1957 Editorial. "El Indio Y La Propiedad De La Tierra," America Indigena, XVII No. 1 (January, 1957) pp. 308. We have read with care the interesting VI Report recently published in Geneva by the International Labor Conference. Intending in the future to refer to various important topics which appear there, we are going to touch now on that related to the Indian and land property, discussing certain specific facts which do not appear in said Report but which must be taken into account. On page 31, chapter 6, referring to land, paragraph 19 says: "The native populations' property rights should be recognized collective or individual, as the case may be-to those lands which they have traditionally occupied." In our opinion, this recognition is not sufficient, because many millions of Indians have always lacked lands and those which some possess are very poor, since the more productive lands were taken away from them during the Colonial period and even later. The best way is to sub-divide the large latifundia in agreement with the owners and the peasants and to endow these with tracts of land. So that this method does not end in failure there must be legislation preventing transfer of the property except to direct heirs, and in the case there are no heirs, the property should be given to other persons who lack lands. Gamio, Manuel. "Underdeveloped Countries," America Indigena, XVII No. 4 (October, 1957), pp 335-340. The article is written in English with a Spanish summary. 1961 Buitron, Anibal. "El Desarrollo De La Comunidad En La Teoria Y En La Practica," America Indigena, XXI No. 2 (April, 1961), pp. 141-150. English Summary: In order that a program can be called "development of a community," it must first be able to count upon the participation of the community itself, depending wherever possible upon its own initiative, and secondly, upon technical and other services supplied by the government. The foregoing statement has its basis in a document of the United Nations, as explained by the author of this article, Dr. Anibal Buitron, Ass. Director of CREFAL with headquarters in Patzcuaro, |