print email comment close Junipero Serra (1713-1784) URL: http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/serra.htm Description: Biography of Junipero Serra, a "priest in the Franciscan order of the Catholic Church ... [who] was a driving force in the Spanish conquest and colonization of what is now the state of California." Includes highlights of his life and information about controversy surrounding the treatment of Native Americans at the Franciscan missions. From a documentary produced by the West Film Project and WETA. Publisher: West Film Project; WETA Extra Keywords American Indian Public Broadcasting Service PBS LII Database Information: Record 24012 created by Jennifer English on 06/12/2007 Last modification on 11/04/2008 Published: 11/13/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24012