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Show 120 even of social distortion. The author notes eighteen characteristics peculiar to "Indian economy" and said relations, in the majority of cases, are not beneficial for the Indian communities and their members, with the single exception of those countries where the governments carry out Indianist policies based on studies and planning of an anthropological nature. He notes, among other consequences, the appearance of the so-called "internal colonialism," the monopoly of Indian products of high economic density, their presentation to the metropolitan market, alterations in the traditional division of work and a strong alteration of communal economic structures, particularly the loss of communal lands. Finally, the author studies the problems of the development policy directed fundamentally toward economic change, with a marked unilateral and dehumanized orientation that ignores the basic principles of the Indian community without respect for the traditional values of said culture. The author strongly proposes an integral orientation in development planning that considers the social as well as the economic aspects, that avoids the marginality of development benefits to the Indian zones, that tends toward a broad agrarian reform that respects or reestablishes, as the case may be, communal landholding, and that prevents development benefits being concentrated in the hands of an elite while the majority groups are left completely on the margin. Briceno, Ramon. "La orientacion indigenista especifica a especialistas en otras disciplinas," Anuario Indigenista, XXVIII (December 1968) pp. 265-268. English Summary: The agricultural engineer and other professional men and technicians who work in the agricultural development field are intimately linked to the human development by the very nature of their work since if the latter is not achieved first it is not possible to achieve the former. Only by bettering the farmer is it possible to improve the agriculture. The American Indian is basically a farmer and since he contributes with his work to satisfy the needs of the national community, he should be a subject for attention by the agricultural engineer. Nevertheless, the Indian as a farmer is the basis on which relations are established between the two, and the fact that one is an Indian should not influence the activities of the other. |