Great story and history here as the First Nation in Yuquot, the home and nation of Maquinna who first met Spanish colonizers in the 1700s on the West Coast of Canada. It includes stained glass windows donated by the Government of Spain in the 1950s when this structure was built.

"It's a striking combination of elements, in a building that still wears the mark of a Euro-centric worldview. At the church’s entrance are two stained glass windows that were donated by Spain in the 1950s, depicting Europeans in the centre as the local First Nations are in the darkened periphery.

“These windows are now jarring remnants from a colonial past,” explained the First Nation on its website. “One window shows representatives of Britain and Spain, Quadra and Vancouver, conferring about ‘sovereignty’ over Nootka Sound in 1791.””

https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2023-09-08/gathering-place-past-restoration-yuquot-church-continues

#España #Quadra #UK #Vancouver #FirstNations #Yuquot #VancouverIsland #Colonialism #Settler #Conquistadors #Catholic #Catholicism

The staggering quantity of gold the conquistadors extracted from the Americas allowed Spain to become the richest country in the world. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2045/the-gold-of-the-conquistadors/ #History #Conquistadors #Gold #SpanishEmpire

The staggering quantity of gold the conquistadors extracted from the Americas allowed Spain to become the richest country in the world. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2045/the-gold-of-the-conquistadors/ #History #Conquistadors #Gold #SpanishEmpire

Yesterday,
@JosepBorrellF said "like the Conquistadors, we must reinvent the world". Today, I can only find coverage on a few Spanish and Portuguese news sites about it. Why isn't the whole world screaming about this? Or Europe, at least?

https://www.eldiario.es/internacional/borrell-diputados-latinoamericanos-bruselas-descubridores-conquistadores-inventar-nuevo-mundo_1_9760696.html
#conquistadors

The team from Spain is going to the plane. #ByeFelicia

#WorldCup
#CopaMundialFIFA
#Conquistadors
#GenocideintheCarribean

Accurate school plays FTW (also terrific song and a throwback)

#TheShins #PhantomLimb #History #JoanOfArc #Conquistadors #DonnerParty #Music #MusicVideo

https://youtu.be/OkITsv3Nk6M