On 21 August 1587, a royal order addressed the location of Indigenous communities near mills and estates. Mission settlements and proximity to colonial enterprises could make Indigenous labor, conversion, surveillance, and land control easier for colonial authorities. The policy illustrates that official language about protection and settlement operated within a broader project of occupation. Indigenous communities responded in varied ways, including flight, negotiation, alliance, and armed resistance.
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What was the colonial effect of locating Indigenous communities near estates?
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Mission settlement and proximity often made colonial control easier.
Jesuit administration in 1596 removed Indigenous peoples from colonial power relations.
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Mission administration was itself part of colonial conversion and labor control.