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This book provides a vivid account of how the indigenous communities of Cauca in southwestern Colombia engaged with the Colombian central state. Troyan examines the state initiatives in the 1930s, '50s, '60s, and '70s toward indigenous communities in Cauca, which sheds light on the political and social construction of Colombian indigenous identity.

Historians have discussed and debated the many reasons for the Colombian Catholic church'sdecline. National trends such as the growing secularization of society, emergence of Protestantism, and the decline of the Conservative Party have all been cited as contributing to the weakening of the Catholic Church's importance. This article examines the evolution of theCatholic Church in the department of Cauca during the twentieth century. It focuses specifically on the changes in the relationship between the Catholic Church and indigenous people.

Historians have discussed and debated the many reasons for the Colombian Catholic church'sdecline. National trends such as the growing secularization of society, emergence of Protestantism, and the decline of the Conservative Party have all been cited as contributing to the weakening of the Catholic Church's importance. This article examines the evolution of theCatholic Church in the department of Cauca during the twentieth century. It focuses specifically on the changes in the relationship between the Catholic Church and indigenous people.

One of the most remarkable recent developments in Colombian twentieth century history is the success of the indigenous political movement. This article argues that this success was due in part to the nation state's willingness to support an ethnically based political movement. The article explores the gradual development of a discourse and political space that favoured the indigenous communities' demand for land and cultural rights by focusing on one of the main architects of this discourse and political space: Gregorio Hernández de Alba, an ethnologist who became the director of the Division of Indigenous Affairs in the 1960s. Through the study of his life, this article delves into the different stages of the relationship between the Colombian state and the indigenous movement as well as mapping out the interaction between anthropologists and indigenous communities in southwestern Colombia. Through Hernández, the Colombian state legitimized the most important demands of the present day indigenous movement.Resumen: Gregorio Hernández de Alba (1904-1973): La legitimación de las políticas indígenas étnicas en ColombiaUno de los desarrollos recientes más notables en la historia colombiana del siglo veinte, es el éxito del movimiento político indígena. En este artículo se sostiene que este éxito se debió en parte a la voluntad del estado-nación para apoyar un movimiento político de bases étnicas. El artículo explora el desarrollo gradual de un discurso y de un espacio políticos que favorecía la demanda de tierra y de derechos culturales de las comunidades indígenas, concentrándose en uno de los principales arquitectos de este espacio y discurso político: Gregorio Hernández de Alba, un etnólogo que llegó a ser director de la División de Asuntos Indígenas en los años sesenta. Mediante un estudio de su vida, este artículo profundiza en las diferentes fases de la relación entre el estado colombiano y el movimiento indígena, y traza la interacción entre el antropó- logo y las comunidades indígenas en el sudoeste de Colombia. A través de Hernández, el estado colombiano otorgó legitimidad a las demandas más importantes del movimiento indígena de hoy.