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Fernando Librado
, more commonly known as Fernando Librado (c. August 20, 1839 – June 19, 1915), was a Chumash people, Chumash North American Indigenous elder, elder, master ''tomol'' builder, craft specialist, and storyteller. He was born at Mission San Buenaventura in 1839 as the son of two Chumash parents from the island of Santa Cruz Island, Limuw. He is most notable for his knowledge of Chumash people, Chumash culture and language (especially of the Ventureño language, Ventureño, Cruzeño language, Cruzeño, and Purisimeño language, Purisimeño), Indigenous experiences at Spanish missions in California, Spanish mission in California, particularly in the post-mission period, his work as an informant for John Peabody Harrington, and for his recording of a song of Juana Maria on a wax cylinder. Early life His parents, Mamerto Yaguiahuit and Juana Alfonsa, were both born on ''Limuw'', which the Spanish Empire, Spanish named Santa Cruz Island. Mamerto was from the village of Nanawani and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monjeríos
''Monjeríos'' (, from ''monjería'', "cloister") were quarters within a Colonialism, colonial Spanish missions in the Americas, Spanish mission for the housing (under conditions of near-imprisonment) of unmarried Indigenous Californian girls and single women. Girls were taken away from their parents to the ''monjeríos'' at around the age of seven until marriage. The quarters functioned as a form of social control at the missions for conversion to Catholicism, regulation of the sexuality of girls and women, and for the rearing of Indigenous children as a labor source. The ''monjeríos'' instituted family separation on Indigenous Californian, Indigenous peoples, with reports of sexual abuse. Resistance and rebellions toward the ''monjeríos'' occurred. There were ''monjeríos'' at all of the Spanish missions in California, often multiple at a single site. There were similar quarters for Indigenous boys and single men known as ''jayuntes''. The ''monjeríos'' were not disbanded unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
