A report on Mapuche and Tehuelche people
According to the most widespread view, the word Tehuelche comes from the Mapuche term chewel che, which would mean "brave people," "rugged people," or "barren land people."
- Tehuelche peopleAt about the same time, ethnic groups of the pampa regions, the Puelche, Ranquel and northern Aonikenk, made contact with Mapuche groups.
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Patagonia
1 linksPatagonia refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.
Patagonia refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.
The people he called the Patagons are now believed to have been the Tehuelche, who tended to be taller than Europeans of the time.
A theory postulated by chronicler José Pérez García explains this holding that the Cuncos (also known as Veliches) settled in Chiloé Island in Pre-Hispanic times as consequence of a push from more northern Huilliches who in turn were being displaced by Mapuches.
Araucanization of Patagonia
1 linksThe Araucanization of Patagonia (Araucanización de la Patagonia) was the process of the expansion of Mapuche culture, influence, and its Mapudungun language from Araucanía across the Andes into the plains of Patagonia.
Amerindian peoples of the pampas, such as the Puelche, Pehuenche, and Tehuelche, adopted the Mapudungun language as their main language (both of their names are in Mapudungun).
Puelche people
0 linksThe Gününa küna, or sometimes, Puelche (Mapudungun: pwelche, "people of the east") are indigenous peoples living east of the Andes Mountains in Chile and Southwest Argentina.
The Gününa küna, or sometimes, Puelche (Mapudungun: pwelche, "people of the east") are indigenous peoples living east of the Andes Mountains in Chile and Southwest Argentina.
The name "Puelche" was not native, but was given to them by the Mapuche.
They were annihilated by plagues and epidemics in the late 18th century, with survivors merging into other groups such as the Mapuche, Het, and Tehuelche.
Ranquel
0 linksIndigenous tribe from the northern part of La Pampa Province, Argentina, in South America.
Indigenous tribe from the northern part of La Pampa Province, Argentina, in South America.
With Puelche, Pehuenche and also Patagones from the Günün-a-Küna group origins, they were conquered by the Mapuche.
They were hunters, nomads and during a good part of the 19th century they had an alliance with the Tehuelche people, with whom they traveled east into the western part of today's Buenos Aires Province and southern end of Córdoba Province, and also to Mendoza, San Luis and Santa Fe.