That book is fucking amazing and one of my favorite reads by far. It opened my eyes too and got me super curious about the first jesuit encounters with the Brazilian natives in the early 1500s. History as taught in schools is also very “white man brought civilization” and every single one of the natives’ struggles is swept under the rug. Finding these first records is hard for me. I might need to hit up university professors.
That book is fucking amazing and one of my favorite reads by far. It opened my eyes too and got me super curious about the first jesuit encounters with the Brazilian natives in the early 1500s. History as taught in schools is also very “white man brought civilization” and every single one of the natives’ struggles is swept under the rug. Finding these first records is hard for me. I might need to hit up university professors.