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the missionaries, priests, Native Americans, and the California Indians
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They went to Mississippi River Valley to convert Native Americans to Catholicism but did not try to change their customs.
Yes. Check out the Pima Uprising of 1751 in southern Arizona.
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Native Americans were enslaved by the missionaries. They were forced to convert to Christianity by the missionaries and to leave their cultural ways to live and work at the missions. Thousands of Native Americans are buried in mass graves at California missions. They were killed by the missionaries. Your question should be asking how did the missionaries impact the Native Americans.
European missionaries introduced Christianity to the Native Americans
Native Americans were enslaved by the missionaries. They were forced to convert to Christianity by the missionaries and to leave their cultural ways to live and work at the missions. Thousands of Native Americans are buried in mass graves at California missions. They were killed by the missionaries. Your question should be asking how did the missionaries impact the Native Americans.
They wanted to bring Christianity to the Native Americans.
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Missionaries believed that converting Native Americans to Christianity was necessary for their salvation. They also saw conversion as a way to civilize and assimilate Native Americans into European society. Additionally, converting Native Americans helped missionaries gain influence and control over indigenous communities.
brought missionaries to convert the Native Americans
Missionaries brought Catholic beliefs to Native Americans.
Catholic Missionaries
Missionaries, priests, padres, and many numbers of Native Americans lived in California missions.
They built churches and orphanages and they kinda stole the Native Americans children