Misssions and the California Mission system should not be regarded as a symbol of a golden era in California’s history. Missions should be regarded for what they were, as death camps- where people were enslaved, tortured and murdered.

Corine Fairbanks

Corine Fairbanks, Director for American Indian Movement Southern California. In addition to her work with AIM, she is an advocate for Environmental/Climate Change, “Indigenous Women’s Feminism”, Mental Health, and Recovery. “ All of these issues are directly and indirectly connected to our work with Environmentalism. "Working with our “Mother”, is a HUMAN RIGHTS issue, a life and death issue, and should not be isolated nor compartmentalized into something separate.”

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