This document is a compilation of 20 papers from a seminar on educational policy and strategy for educating the indigenous peoples of Latin America and Mexico. There is a growing awareness among linguistics and anthropology specialists and educators of the necessity to validate education that respects the values of an indigenous culture. This research covers the size of indigenous populations, existing government policies, literacy rates, national planning, and current programs, as well as various programs undertaken in the past. Education alone cannot resolve the economic and social problems of marginal peoples. One goal is the creation of a center for education and research on ethnic peoples and the Amazonian and Andean languages. Further study on the problems of linguistic pluralism and past government policies of establishing Spanish as the official language is recommended. Among the papers included are "Linguistic Research on Indigenous Languages of Colombia" (Jon Landaburu) and "Systematic Inventory of Indigenous Languages of Peru: Policies for the Preparation of an Elementary Bilingual Grammar and Dictionary" (Alberto Escobar). An alphabet of the Quechua and Aymara languages is appended. (NL)