Indigenous People in Latin America

Introduction

     The post-Columbian annals of Latin America has been assessed by the communal, heritage and geographical marginalization of indigenous persons, primarily with esteem to Iberian born, and subsequent to criollo (American born Hispanic) and progressively mestizo (mixed race), inhabitants.

 

Readings from video clips

 In this episode Native peoples battle Spanish expeditions in the Caribbean and the southeastern United States. On Hispaniola, Indian overtures of companionship run ashore as confrontation erupts and the titles of Guacanagari and Anacaona are inscribed over a tapestry of tragedy. Inhabitants in Florida and the Mississippi Valley furthermore battle the conquistadors of Hernando De ...