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First Americans

upaloopa

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1. We have two missions near where we live.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2015, 12:44 PM

May 2015

One, La Purisima, is a state park. It has a visitor center with the history of the mission. It says there that the local tribes were decimated by the mission.
The other one 10 miles distant, Santa Ynez, is still a Catholic Church. There is a plaque on the wall that says the mission brought the gift of Catholicism to the Native Americans and nothing about their demise.

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We have two missions near where we live. upaloopa May 2015 #1

Maybe demons were somehow involved? phil89 May 2015 #2