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HIST 150 Dr. Schaffer

“Sexuality in California’s Missions: Cultural Perceptions of Historical Realities”, by Albert Hurtado

Questions to think about:

1. Compare Native Californian and Spanish attitudes towards

a. men’s and women’s roles in society

b. marriage

c. sex

2. What misunderstandings occurred between Native Californians

and the Spanish?

3. What aspects of native Californian society did the Spanish

missionaries think needed reforming? What happened when

the Spanish missionaries tried to reform them?

4. What events led up to the attack on Mission San Diego by the

Kumeyaays in 1775?

5. Under what circumstances did Native Americans in Old

California convert to Christianity?

(Chapter 1 of Hurtado’s book Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and

Culture in Old California [Albuquerque, NM, 1999], pp. 1‒19 and

145‒49.)

HIST 150 Dr. Schaffer

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