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Narrating Native Histories
Global Indios: The Indigenous Struggle for Justice in Sixteenth-Century Spain
By
Nancy E. van Deusen
Nancy E. van Deusen
Nancy E. van Deusen is Professor of History at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She is the author of
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Duke University Press
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ISBN electronic:
978-0-8223-7569-2
Publication date:
2015
Book Chapter
Preface
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Published:April 2015
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An indigenous litigant named Catalina is examined by Bartolomé de las Casas, who then testifies on her behalf. The re-creation of this scene draws the reader into the world of indigenous litigant and witness, placing the litigant, not Las Casas, center stage in the struggle for justice in sixteenth-century Castile.
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