Question

what cultural biases about native americans does cabeza de vaca reveal in ""La Relación"" ?

Answer 1

Answer:

The cultural bias that can be found in Cabeza de Vaca's account in 'La Relacion' is that when Vaca and his fellow men thought Native Americans to be 'crude and untutored' and the one's who intend harm even after saving their lives.

Explanation:

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who was stranded on Galveston island in expedition with his fellow men in 1528. He wrote about his exploration experience in his diary which was later printed entitled 'La Relacion of Alvar Nunez Cabeza da Vaca.'

In his account recorded in 'La Relacion', the readers come across the author's bias towards the culture of Native Americans.

The two incidents that reveals this cultural bias noted by Vaca in 'La Relacion' are:

• Vaca and his fellow men thought the Native Americans to be 'crude and untutored' even after they saved their lives at first. When the Native Americans held a celebration, they thought they will sacrifice them. This reveals the cultural bias about the Native Americans by Vaca and his fellow men.
• Second instance of cultural bias can be found when Native Americans asked them to perform 'tribal medicine rituals.' At this point, Vaca and his fellow men biased Native Americans thinking them to be superstitious and untutored.