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THE Cahita Indians of western Mexico consist of two surviving groups, the Yaqui and the Mayo. As a result of his visits to them, Ralph L. Beals has already published an account of what can be gleaned about their aboriginal culture (Ibero-Americana, No.19. Calif. Univ. Press, 1943). He now shows (Bull. 142, Bur. Amer. Ethn., Smithsonian Instit., 1945) that their modern culture is a vigorous hybrid, which differs from those of the Indians of the United States in that it is holding its own with that of the whites, though it continually absorbs elements from it. It is by no means sure, as the author points out, that the Indian elements in Mexican culture will be altogether lost in the final synthesis.
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BUSHNELL, G. CONTEMPORARY CULTURE OF THE CAHITA INDIANS. Nature 158, 69–70 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158069a0
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