Season 2, Episode 11: Christian Mission and Bad Indians

Written By Jeanne Petrolle

Deborah Miranda’s award-winning memoir Bad Indians shares Miranda’s experience researching the history of missionization among her California Indian ancestors. We share excerpts of Bad Indians with you in this episode, and talk about the destructive effects of Christian mission in the land now called California.

Works Cited and Consulted

Miranda, Deborah. Bad Indians. Heyday Books, 2013.

Jeanne Petrolle
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