[Aztlan] 1491

[Max Dashu]

>The only institution that viewed the Indians
>as autonomous human beings who should be treated as such was
>the Catholic Church

Well, except that it officially excluded them from the category of 
gente de razon... this protected them from the  Inquisition to some 
extent, but was not exactly an attitude of respect and equality.

saludos,

Max
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