Department of Languages
1 Drexel Drive
Box 73
New Orleans, LA 70125
Brother Herman Johnson, O.P., Ed. D.
Department Chair
504/520-5112
Main Office
504/520-7495
Language Perspectives
“Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican Brother, was an impassioned critic of conquistador cruelty towards the Indigenous peoples. He argued for their rights before the Spanish royal court and in many of his writings. In this video, the multilingual actor Viggo Mortensen reads from las Casas' writings concerning the description of an auto dafé directed against Indians who refused to accept Christianity.”