The Kumeyaay people (Mission Indians) are still around today. They are very prosperous today and well educated. They have several reservations in San Diego County. They make a lot of money from the casinos and resorts on their reservations and they give a lot of money to charity. They appear to be far better off than the Indians I have seen in Montana. They have a school where they teach their young people the old language and customs. The Spanish missionaries probably treated the California Indians much, much better than their contemporaries in other parts of of North America.
When I was growing up in CA in the 1940s and 1950s, Fr. Serra was taught as a California hero — and this was in public school.
San Juan Bautista was my favorite Mission. I have visited it many times.
Even in 1970s my school teaches that Father Serra was hero I agree
Nowww Leftists I think they want scrub out his contribution of founding California because he was Cathoic priest that was big no no in today PC society
Trust me there was Latinos has fondess for Father Serra
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Excellent information. Thanks for posting!
Lol.
I hate the God-hating leftwing monst e rs -soulless ghouls.
When he did his love opus to America in 1972 Alistair Cooke openly regretted that NBC made him cut his segment on Fr. Serra because of time considerations. He did include it in his companion volume to the TV series. Serra, he said , was one of the truly great and important figurers in the history of the lands that became America.. But then Cooke also lavished praise on the Puritans and Winthrop which would not be countenanced today.
I used to live, in the late ‘70’s, on Camino Real in Carmel-By-The-Sea. Population then right around 4,000. Great little place then.
Father Junipero Serra died in this mission and is buried under the sanctuary floor
The Mission in Carmel-By-The-Sea
lol you poor people. the Spanish were to the American Indian what Hitler and the Nazis were to the Jews. In N. and S. America they killed thousand upon thousands with arms and disease. Only you Catholics would fall for this sham of “history”.
From what I can tell, while Serra was revered, his administration of the missions was not as crucial as is portrayed here. There were a great many fine men who did the best they could under very difficult circumstances. Still, the damage they did to California ecologically was and continues to be enormous. Be sure to check the bibliography at the end of the chapter. I am in the process of adding to it now, but have yet to complete about four more books before I do.
