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“The native borrowing of Spanish cultural elements did not represent native culture loss or decline, but rather adaptability and vitality. Natives tended to view borrowings—be they Spanish words, concepts, ways of counting, worship, of building houses, or of town planning—not as loans but as part of community practice and custom. They view them not as Spanish, nor even as native, but as local

“Only very gradually did community autonomy erode under demographic and political pressures from non-native populations. From the native perspective, therefore, the Conquest was not a dramatic singular event, symbolized by any one incident or moment, as it was for Spaniards. Rather, the Spanish invasion and colonial rule were part of a larger, protracted process of negotiation and accommodation.”