 "Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)")
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'Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest' by Matthew Restall
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Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
08-04-2004
WASHINGTON - Hernando Cortez conquered the Aztecs almost 500 years ago. The
event, by now, has achieved legendary status. We know how the Aztecs
mistook the conquistadors for gods; the Spanish attacked and laid waste to
the Valley of Mexico; and Native cultures were crushed in a tragedy ever
after known to history as the "Conquest."
What a shame, as Matthew Restall wrote in "Seven Myths of the Spani...
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