La visión y la vocación del excautivo Santiago Avendaño acerca de la cuestión del indio
Santiago Avendaño, captive of the Ranquel Indians from his seven to his fourteen years of age, devoted his life and work to defend the rights of the Indians in Argentinean territory, to middle between aboriginal communities and white society as an interpreter, military man, government servant and...
Guardado en:
| Publicado en: | Revista de Literaturas Modernas |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://bdigital.uncu.edu.ar/fichas.php?idobjeto=6383 |
| Sumario: | Santiago Avendaño, captive of the Ranquel Indians from his seven to his
fourteen years of age, devoted his life and work to defend the rights of the
Indians in Argentinean territory, to middle between aboriginal communities
and white society as an interpreter, military man, government servant and
writer. His manuscript was kept hidden in Estanislao Zeballos´s collection for
a hundred and forty years and was precariously edited in two volumes
(1999 and 2000) by priest Meinrado Hux. We have also found epistolary
material written by his own hand, partly unpublished, interpolated in the
original manuscript, of great importance for the study of the Indian issue
during the 19th century and for the revision of past policies and actions led
by the governments, because it documents the ideas of a man that got to
know the Indians in their habitat and became a part of their community,
although he never resigned his own. We shall analyse Avendaño´s vision
and vocation through the reconstruction of his life, his action in the frontier
conflicts, and his thoughts, in the light of this writings. |
|---|
