Indigenous People

1. In the Conquest of the territories lying north of central Mexico the main Indian people assiting the spaniards were Tlacalans and Tarascans (Pg 68)

2. Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca had been appointed as the secretary of the expedition, in charge of maintaining an account of any goods obtained from the indians

3. Cabeza realize how advance some of these Indians were in lifestyle and surviving. His journey sparkled interest for north of Mexico and Spaniards begin to explore the southwest

4. Indians were beginning to be slaves. Suggestion were made to give more incentives to settlers by giving them Indian slaves and right to retain them for life.

5. Rather than instituting a war policy, The church Proposed a pacification Strategy be implemented through a large Missionization program.

6. Cycle Of Conquest

7. Reduccion

8. If Indians didn't did not want to live in missions but were willing to become allies, they would be asked to relocate there villages near a mission

9. Throughout the frontier zones the missions proved to be essential in the pacification of hostile Indians.

10. Onate Greeted ad trick the indians to signing contractsto agreeing with what the spaniards were doing in exchange of safetyness and gifts. These colonial contracts survived for centuries and became legal statutes.

11. Throughout New Mexico Sexual relation between male colonist and female Tiwas and Tewas became common. Missionaries disapprove pf these actions and prohibited colonist from living in indian towns. Often children of mixed parentage became tribal outcast and were forced to live in among colonist

12. If parents did not provide for them they were laced in missions where they worked as servants. These orphans, called Genizaros became tribalized Indians. They were treated as outcast by indians and as social inferiors by colonist.

13. New Christian Laws allows Indians who become Christians to have certain rights.

14. Indian allies were granted Mexican Citizenship but were expected to change their lifestyle by adopting new traditions and practices and shedding the old ones.

15. Destinations