Junípero Serra

The KPBS “Canonization of Junipero Serra” video clip and radio broadcast discusses the controversy surrounding the recent canonization of Junipero Serra by the catholic church. The video and radio broadcast features Cutcha Risling Baldy, a professor of American Indian Studies at SDSU and author Gregory Orfalea. In the report Professor Baldy argues that the controversy around the canonization is derived from the mistreatment of natives within the missions of California. Professor Baldy sites evidence

Franssia Ramos Essay Response #2 1/18/16 Our Founder: Junipero Serra In the book “Junipero Serra California’s Founding Father” Steven Hackel illuminates the importance Junipero Serra has on California’s history while at the same time pointing out his flaws. Hackel focuses on Serra’s life and experiences which were beneficial while making missionaries in California. Withal, these expeditions and actions were crucial in the history of California and the lifestyle that

In Junipero Serra by Steven Hackel a professor of history at the University of California, Riverside wrote about a figure in California history that is consider both controversial and inspirational. The book follows Junipero journey from Spain to Mexico to California. The author describes Junipero Serra as someone who is determined to his cause of spreading the Gospel among California Natives. However, I believe that the way the author wrote the book has some inconsistency with the title given that

The arrive of Father Junipero Serra in the Sacred Expedition in 1769 contributed to the expansion of the Spain's Catholic religion in California and the disappearance of the Native culture. As a tradition, King Carlos III tried to expand the Enlightenment rationality in all the Spain's provinces; he wanted the natives from his conquered lands to have an education and speak their language. To continue with this custom, Father Serra traveled to California to build nine missions by the coast, and by

Junipero Serra: Missionary or Murderer? “One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” These are the words we were taught as early young Americans. However, there is a man who’s actions have denied the Native Americans’ liberty and justice, and his name is Junipero Serra. Junipero Serra was a Spanish missionary who dedicated his life to spreading the Word of God to the natives of America so that He can forge his path: the path to Heaven. Although many of them were eager

Gaspar de Portola in efforts with Saint Junipero Serra and the Franciscan Padres took on the task of converting the native Californians to Christianity and to secure the people as loyal subjects of the Spanish Crown. Gaspar de Portola was designated the leader of the expeditions and Father Junipero Serra was decided as the Superior of the Franciscan

Saint Junipero Serra was born on the Island of Majorca on the 24th of November, 1713.1 To many, he is often regarded as the founder and spiritual guardian of old Alta California, as witnessed in his rather common title, “The Father of California.” 2 In response to this, an intelligent student of history might ask himself, “What effect did the man really have, if any at all?” To find the answer, one must delve back into the history of old Spanish California, taking a good look at the padre’s past

and Mexicans came to practice at and lived in. I looked through the glass cases and saw the tools and pictures and copies of the Bible. The placards described what the tools were used for and where the Bibles came from. The drawings showed Father Serra or the lands as they looked then. The recent tour I did of the missions showed that things had not changed much. In fact, by the 8th mission, I was bored by seeing the same tools in the same glass cases, bored and frustrated, because that was the

This paper will discuss the impact Spanish colonization and Mexican control had on the indigenous Indian population in California between 1769 and 1848. As well as discussing the historical origins, social organizations, material conditions, and world-view of the California Indians prior to 1769, this paper will explain the impact of New Spain’s Mission System on the Alta California Indian population between 1769 to 1821 and the response of its system by the Indians. Before the Americans and the

their influence northward. The Roman Catholic church wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity. The mission system supported both goals. The first Franciscan mission in California (Mission San Diego de Alcalá) was established by Father Junípero Serra in what in now San Diego. Fifty-four years later in 1823, the Franciscans founded their last of 21 missions at San Francisco Solano. Each mission had an armed presidio to protect it. Each sought to teach the Native Americans both Christianity