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Show 211 1965 Editorial, "El Indigenismo Interamericano Presente en un Nuevo Museo," America Indigena. XXV, No. 2 (April, 1965), pp. 151-154. It is well known that a new National Museum of Anthropology was inaugurated last September 1964, in Mexico City. The architecture and modern techniques adopted in this new Museum offer an adequate presentation of the archaeological and ethnographic legacy of the main Indian cultures of Mexico. Since the ancient cultural inheritance of Mexico is in this way exhibited, it was decided that the building and installations of the former Museum located in the very heart of Mexico City could be used to gather in it collections and samples of other ancient non-Mexican cultures, with the purpose of establishing an International Museum of Anthropology. Its various exhibit halls, properly repaired, will contain important collections gathered through the years, on Egyptian and African cultures; cultures from the South Seas, the Southwest of the United States, the Andean Highlands, and probably, in the future, from the civilizations of India. The Editorial goes on to explain the exhibit hall is divided in large sections where the main processes of change are shown in four great zones in which the American Continent can be divided: Canada, the United States and some portions of the North of Mexico, the Mesoamerican groups, and vast extensions of Central America, the Andean area and finally the jungle populations of South America. "Resoluciones del Primer Seminario Latinoamericano de Artesanias y Artes Populares," (Mexico, D.F., 24-31 de Octubre de 1965). Article written in Spanish-giving the recommendations of the Seminar regarding artists and the popular arts. 1966 Tax, Sol, "The Importance of Preserving Indian Culture," America Indigena, XXVI, No. 1 (January, 1966), pp. 81-86. English summary: This article is taken from the luncheon address at the first annual meeting of the Foundation of North American Indian Culture Bismark, North Dakota. The stated objectives of the international foundation are "to preserve and display the culture of the American Indian, past and present, and improve the economic opportunities of the Indian in the process." Villa Rojas, Alfonso, "Notas Sobre la Urgencia de Rescatar Datos Etno-graficos en Vias de Extincion," America Indigena, XXVI, No. 3 (July, 1966), pp. 309-318. English summary: The author of this article presents a brief report of the results of the Conference on the so-called "Urgent Anthropology" that was held at the headquarters of the Smithsonian Institute last April 10-12. This report touches on the following points: the extent of |