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Show 142 He refers first to the motives that caused Fray Bartolome to write his Historia. Then he quotes parts of the friar's defense of human dignity, definitely establishing its universal character. With regard to the problem of Indian incapacity to do certain work, submit to discipline, etc., Father las Casas refutes it with examples from their history and with similar occurrences in the Old World that demonstrates the fallacy of that judgment. In the passages where las Casas takes up the indoctrination of the Indians and the requerimientos can be noted the interesting lack of comprehension that existed between both cultures during the first years of the Conquest. To believe-says the Friar- that the Indians understood the requerimientos is totally false because they knew no more of our language than they did of Latin; all this is only to weave fantasies . . . This anthology concludes with the narration of some episodes of cruelty and a fragment directed toward detractors of all that is Indian. "Report of the 1965 Workshop on American Indian Affairs," Anuario Indigenista, XXVI (December, 1966), pp. 237-249. Spanish summary translated: This report covers the guide book of courses for Indians of the United States offered by the American Indian Development, Inc., in cooperation with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado during the period of July 14-22, 1965. Such courses have been completed in this University since 1959. During the course of study, the Indian adolescents are put in special designated areas in the outskirts of the country; these facilities are offered to all of them, and they can participate within the proper University in the sports and any other activities; likewise, they are forewarned against formally organizing a student government. Within the general plans of the courses are cycles of programmed conferences: first, are diverse related themes on civil rights and, second, the relative problems of community growth. In these conferences is a prevailing discussion place, where Indian participants expose their respective problems. 1967 Murra, John V. "Discurso inaugural," Anuario Indigenista XXVII, (December, 1967), pp. 9-219. This reunion for the integration of the studies with anthropological studies involved the following: |