A graduate student is seeking information for his research. Hope someone
out there can help.
The research assignment is based on a poem by Jimmie Durham, a sixth grader
at the time. I found the poem in the publication "Rethinking Columbus,"
which is a special edition of Rethinking Schools published (1991) by
Rethinking Schools, Ltd. in collaboration with the Network of Educators on
Central America.
The poem makes references to specific victims of Columbus, Corte's, and
Pizzaro. For example: Chaske's spine was crushed by Pizzaro's boot; Corte's
hacked off the arms of a young girl who was the sweetheart of a young man
whose name was Many Deeds (who belonged to a band of fighters called the
Redstick Hummingbirds); a Taino whose name was Laughing Otter was taken as
a slave; Greenrock Woman was an old lady who spat in Columbus's face.
The main question is: where can one find references (essays or whatever)
that document authentic accounts of native people's encounters with
Columbus, Corte's, or Pizzaro? Were the victims in the poem actual people
and where are they documented?
The graduate student, a non-Indian, is seeking a better understanding of
the Conquistadores from the native view.
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