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Missions were brought into Indian lands by Christians wishing to covert people to the Christian faiths. But Indians had and still have their own set of religious beliefs. The missions did convert some Indians; some sociologists and Indian tribes assert that these conversions diluted or altered the Indian traditional spiritual beliefs. Many missionaries were quite aggressive, as well. While a tribe may have only needed help with food, for example, some missionaries withheld "needs" until the Indians converted (conversion by aggression). It's important to note that most European settlers regarded Indians as "heathens" with their distinctive clothing, use of animal furs, bird feathers, mystical traditions, and their (in the European's opinion) total disregard for the "One God" or "Triunal God" of Christianity. But, Indians long believed in nature's God, and worshipped in ways specific to their historical culture. Rather than being "heathens", Indians practiced a rich spiritual life that still exists today.
Another big effect of European missionary work was that missionaries brought diseases that the Indians had not been exposed to before; the Indians had no need before to develop antibodies and natural defenses to those illnesses. Therefore, many Indians fell sick and died after missions opened in their area.
Missions affected all aspects of Indian life and Indian ways. It may help to read about some of the historical mission sites and read about the Indian tribes that had lived or do live in that area.
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Tell one way that missions changed the way of life for Indians?
it changed the life because the spanish came and made the CA indians do everything they wanted.
How did the europeans change the life of American Indians How?
because america people helped indians how plant
What problems Native Americans faced when the missions closed down?
The Indians were promised land when the missions closed down but most of their land was taken away by other people making land grants. They had nowhere to go. They could also not practice there old ways of life.
Why did the padres want to build missions?
It was not the padres only that built the missions ,they did take charge though.it was a big experience for everyone.the Indians lived by a bell that separates there activities that the padres made them do.
What are some important events in Lewis and Clark's life?
the killled all of the Indians
In what ways did life change for Americans Indians who lived at missions?
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How did the missions change the life of the Indians?
they got bossed around and didn't get their own way
How did the Indians lives change when they went to live at the missions?
missions changed the way of life for native Americans by putting them under slave conditions or the two choices of Convert or die.
What Spanish priest dedicated his life to missions among the Indians?
Father Hidalgo
What is one way that the missions changed the way of life for the Indians?
it changed the life because the spanish came and made the CA indians do everything they wanted.
Why was life hard for Indians who lived in Spanish missions?
the Indians had to work hard The Native Americans had to work agenst their will for the spanish
how did the missions change the lives of the California Indians?
they got bossed around and didn't get their own way
What did the Indians learn at the missions?
ohlone indians
What is one way that missions changed the way of life for Indians.?
Missions not only almost completely obliterated the religion and way of life of the Native Americans, it also changed the way they thought and the generally natural psyche that they had possessed before. It was also this change that drove them from their homes and led them to their fall later on.
Are Indians glad to be in missions?
yes, the Indians were happy
What did the Indians do at the missions?
The INDIANS worked very hard?
What would the Indians might of viewed about the missions in the borderlands?
The Indians might have viewed the Missions of the borderlands as a bad thing. Many of the Indians were more or less slaves at the missions and were unable to leave the area.
