ID: 901002316 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002316	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	California Missions (Spanish-American history, 1697-1834)

Note: System of Spanish Catholic missions across Baja and Alta California. First mission was built by Father Salvatierra (1648-1717) near Isla Carmen in Baja California in 1697; later missions were built along the California coast, primarily under the direction of missionary Junipero Serra (1713-1784). Built to facilitate colonization of the different Indigenous communities in the area; forced conversions and indentured servitude were common. The mission system was formally abolished in 1834 by the newly formed Mexican government's Law of Secularization.

Display Date: 1697-1834

Names:

	California Missions (Spanish-American history, 1697-1834) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Missions, California (Spanish-American history, 1697-1834) (English,A,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........<United States history> (P)
		............California Missions (Spanish-American history, 1697-1834) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Spanish conquest of the Americas
	..........(Named Events, North and South American history, Spanish conquest of the Americas (conquest, from late 15th century)) [901002113]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... churches, mission (buildings)
	.....(church buildings by location or context, churches (buildings), religious buildings, religious structures, ceremonial structures, single built works by function, single built works by specific type, single built works (built environment), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... mission (complex)
	.....(complexes by function, complexes (buildings and sites), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... colonization
	.....(governmental functions, functions by specific context, functions (activities), Functions (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Baja California
	.....(Mexico, North and Central America) (TGN)

	located in .... California
	.....(United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	actor is .... Serra, Father Junipero (Spanish saint and missionary, 1713-1784 )
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	related to .... anonymous Chumash (Chumash cultural designation)
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

	related to .... anonymous Luiseño (Luiseño cultural designation)
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

	related to .... anonymous Diegueno (Diegueno cultural designation)
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

	related to .... anonymous Gabrieliño (Gabrieliño cultural designation)
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

Sources:

	California Missions (Spanish-American history, 1697-1834)
	................Allen, Alta California Missions and the Pre-1849 Transformation of Coastal Lands (2010) 69-72; accessed 22 June 2020
	................The Huntington [online] (2019-) "California Missions," accessed 22 June 2020, "Exploring the California Missions,"
	................California Department of Parks and Recreation [online] (2020) "California Missions," accessed 22 June 2020, "Missions of the Californias,"

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ The Huntington [online] (2019-) accessed 22 June 2020, "Exploring the California Missions,"
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 22 June 2020, "California as I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849 to 1900,"
	................ California Department of Parks and Recreation [online] (2020) accessed 22 June 2020, "Missions of the Californias,"
	................ Allen, Alta California Missions and the Pre-1849 Transformation of Coastal Lands (2010) 69-72; accessed 22 June 2020
	................ Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians [online] (2009) accessed 23 June 2020, "Chumash History"