Elias Castillo

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're remembering the late award-winning journalist Elias Castillo by rebroadcasting our conversation about his book Cross of Thorns: The Enslavement of California's Indians by the Spanish Missions. The violent mission system claimed the lives of more than 62,000 Indians. 

After more than 150 years, historians (and perhaps Californians) are facing the horrifying truth that Indian slavery was a key source of labor that helped create the early economy of California and enrich its first settlers. 

On the September 14th edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with award winning journalist Elias Castillo about his new book Cross of Thorns: The Enslavement of California's Indians by the Spanish Missions.