1.   But other scientists, together with indigenous leaders, stress the need to ensure that the local forest peoples benefit from their own knowledge.

2.   An indigenous leader, he has surged in the polls on pledges to fight coca eradication efforts and to nationalize industries.

3.   And leaders of the center-left Democratic Revolution Party have said they will refuse to consider any legislation unless the government consults indigenous leaders and the Zapatistas.

4.   Christians are declining so steadily in the region that indigenous leaders and fellow believers in the United States worry only a few will be left in another generation.

5.   Indigenous leaders say the government has reneged on the so-called San Andres accords because it fears losing control of territory and power.

6.   Many indigenous leaders and their supporters say they see a conspiracy behind efforts to save the forest.

7.   Some indigenous leaders and villagers say there is widespread confusion about how self-rule might work in practice.

8.   Some Indians complain that neither Zedillo nor the National Action Party consulted indigenous leaders on the matter.

9.   That has left many indigenous leaders in Chiapas scrambling to find the best way to carry on.

10.   The United States considered itself not only a legitimate leader but actually more legitimate than indigenous leaders who did not meet the U.S. definition of freedom-loving behavior.