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American Indian history
- In American Indian: Colonization and conquest
establishment in colonies
- In Western colonialism: Spanish colonial policies
Native American history
- In Native American: Spain
Philippines
- In Philippines: The Spanish period

Latin America

In history of Latin America: Indians and Spaniards

Central America
- In Middle American Indian: The Conquest and its effects
Colombia
- In Colombia: The audiencia
Cuba
- In Cuba: Conquest and colonial life
Quechua
- In Quechua
South America
- In Argentina: Mesopotamia
Venezuela
- In Venezuela: Agriculture, fishing, and forestry
West Indies
- In Nicolás de Ovando

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Duke University Press - Hispanic American Historical Review - Encomienda and Hacienda: The Evolution of the Great Estate in the Spanish Indies.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 17, 2024
	Add new Web site: UNM Digital Repository - The Encomienda in New Mexico, 1598-1680.	Grace Young	Jun 11, 2024
	Add new Web site: New-York Historical Society - Women and the American Story - Life in Encomienda.	Aakanksha Gaur	Sep 05, 2023
	Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Encomienda.	Aakanksha Gaur	Sep 05, 2022
	Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico - The Encomienda System.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 14, 2019
	Noted that the encomienda system was also practiced in the Philippines.	Jeff Wallenfeldt	Apr 10, 2019
	Corrected display issue.	Adam Augustyn	Jan 17, 2018
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - History - Encomienda.	Grace Young	Dec 19, 2011
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - History - Encomienda.	Grace Young	Dec 19, 2011
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998