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TOP: The pictured oven was used by the Native Americans and is located in front of their living quarters.
BOTTOM: Interpretive signs were really artistic and beautiful I thought.
Native people faced a long transition into Spanish culture. It took years to become subjects of the Spanish crown. Neophytes needed to learn the tenets of Catholicism. The security provided by mission life came at a cost. European disease decimated native populations. The interweaving of colonial Spain with Indigenous people precipitated a fundamental change. It created a new society, neither wholly Indigenous nor wholly Spanish. It is still the prevailing culture of South Texas.
Mission San José was founded by Fr. Margil (in 1720) for the Native Americans bands, the Pampopas, Suliajames, and Pastías. Later other groups like the Aguasallas, Borrados, Tacames, amongst others joined Mission San José.
BOTTOM: Interpretive signs were really artistic and beautiful I thought.
Native people faced a long transition into Spanish culture. It took years to become subjects of the Spanish crown. Neophytes needed to learn the tenets of Catholicism. The security provided by mission life came at a cost. European disease decimated native populations. The interweaving of colonial Spain with Indigenous people precipitated a fundamental change. It created a new society, neither wholly Indigenous nor wholly Spanish. It is still the prevailing culture of South Texas.
Mission San José was founded by Fr. Margil (in 1720) for the Native Americans bands, the Pampopas, Suliajames, and Pastías. Later other groups like the Aguasallas, Borrados, Tacames, amongst others joined Mission San José.
Apr 09 2025