CJE-3065 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Sand Creek Massacre, Miranda Warning, The Fortunes
22 Nov 2016
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Savage and sexy: columbus and other early reporters on native peoples. Europeans didn"t know if indians were human beings. The catholic church decided that they were, with gold and land that could be divided between church and state and with souls that could be converted for christendom or killed in the name of god. The church devised the the requiremento - the first miranda rights. Upon hearing the word, the captives could accept it, deliver gold, and be dispatched to heaven. Or they could reject it, be killed, and go to hell. By 1537, pope paul 3 proclaimed that indians were truly men. The term indian savages was used in the declaration of independence and indians in the. Pocahontas is famous for saving one white man and marring another in 1600. It is less well known that she went to england, where she was paraded and displayed, caught smallpox, and died on the ship home.
