In 1537, Pope Paul III declared in a Papal Bull that American Indians were human.
Sources
- Books: Beyond Clovis - Archaeology Magazine Archive (archive.archaeology.org)
- https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/185.html (nlm.nih.gov)
- https://catholiclibrary.org/library/view?docId=Magisterium-EN/755ece29-57aa-4508-9a09-772c0d7d4a16.html&chunk.id=0000001 (catholiclibrary.org)
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