21.   Her Zoque Black Beans, named after an ancient Indian community that still exists in Chiapas state, were a revelation.

22.   However, within Indian communities themselves, a new generation, influenced by various ethnic-pride movements in the rest of American society, was investigating its roots.

23.   In one Indian community on Friday, dozens of unarmed women and children who support the Zapatistas lined up shoulder to shoulder to block troops from entering the village.

24.   In March, in another prominent effort to seize the political initiative, he sent Congress a broad package of reforms to enhance the political powers of Indian communities.

25.   In Mexico, Indian communities often adhere to boundaries established before European contact and are usually small, isolated and desperately poor.

26.   In some Indian communities, corn stalks must be bent during the rainy reason so the rain slips off the husks and does not rot the corn.

27.   Indian communities across the state have clashed over land rights as well as religious and political affiliations.

28.   It also established the foundations for greater legal autonomy for Indian communities across Mexico.

29.   It is not clear how many Zapatista villages there are today, but they cover a swath of Indian communities in the Chiapas highlands and rain forests.

30.   LaFromboise and the other panel members, from different Indian communities around the nation, are in Washington this week to participate in a national conference on Indian youth.