Demonstration at Mission Dolores Opposes Sainthood for Junipero Serra

Bay Area Indy Media ^ | 5/8/15

[marshmallow]

On May 2, Native American community members and Interfaith supporters, including clergy leaders, demonstrated outside of Mission Dolores in San Francisco to oppose the impending canonization of Junipero Serra by the Catholic church. Pope Francis has reaffirmed his decision to name Junipero Serra a saint, despite strong opposition from Native Americans who say the man is responsible for the killing of hundreds of thousands of Indigenous people when he helped to establish and then presided over the California mission system in the 1700s.

"My ancestors were directly enslaved at Mission Dolores here, and at Mission San Jose in Fremont, and I want to make sure that the Vatican knows that we, and Native people allies, do not agree with the canonization of Junipero Serra," said Corrina Gould, who is of Karkin and Chochenyo Ohlone ancestry. Individuals of Coastal Miwok and Chumash ancestry, two other Californian tribal groups gravely affected by the establishment of the mission system, also spoke at the demonstration.

[marshmallow]

"No sainthood for genocide. No sainthood for murderers and rapers."

Sounds like Auschwitz...........

[elcid1970]

Was Sasheen Littlefeather there?

I mean, this nonsense with American Indian lefties started back in the late 60’s.

“Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee”, & all that other garbahge.

[GladesGuru]

Just the usual Libtard blabbering, with the usual additives of deliberate duplicity and in this case a large portion of revisionist history.

The Indians tended to see the missions as refuges from the Spanish soldiers.

‘Nuff said.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Far-left website. Just sayin'

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