missions

Examines the culture of the California Indians and discusses their struggles to survive after their way of life was threatened first by the arrival of the Spanish, who sought to evangelize the Indians, and then by the coming of pioneers during the gold rush years.

Describes the challenges faced by priests to establish Spanish missions in North America, primarily in the eighteenth century, in an effort to convert the Native peoples to Catholicism.

Traces the life of Father Jun?pero Serra from his childhood on the Spanish island of Majorca, his duties and travels as a missionary, to his death in 1784 and his legacy of the "Golden Chain" of missions in California.

Presents the life story of the intrepid Franciscan missionary and explorer who established the first nine missions in California and devoted his life to working with the Indians.

Focuses on events from youth of a missionary who was the first white woman to cross the Rocky Mountains.