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What were the cultural perspectives on death and whipping in the California indian missions from an analytical perspective?

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Posted by de on Monday April 14, 2008 at 4:29 PM and tagged with california missions, culture, history, ideas, morals.

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  1. teacherlindsay Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    The missions in California served as a Spanish base to both explore land and 'christianize ' Indians. The Spanish viewed their mission in a positive light and felt that their mission was a divine one. When the Indians came to the missions , often they were converted by force. It is easy to see how the cultural perspectives of what was happening in the missions diverged.

    The Spanish padres and missionaries felt they were doing the necessary work of God, and that if the Indians resisted conversion or religious education, that punishment was necessary. Punishment was often physical, and brutal

    From the perspective of the Indians, this establishment of the mission system was nothing less than the death of their culture, and a genocide of their people. They were forced to live and work at the missions, and often punished for resisteing, which would make it no better than slavery. 

    Hope this answer was helpful. The link below gives further information based on Native tribal records.

    Sources:
    http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/mission/missionindi...

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    Posted by teacherlindsay on Wednesday November 26, 2008 at 6:15 PM