A report on Mapuche
The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of present-day south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of present-day Patagonia.
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Temuco
4 linksCity and commune, capital of the Cautín Province and of the Araucanía Region in southern Chile.
City and commune, capital of the Cautín Province and of the Araucanía Region in southern Chile.
Temuco lies in the middle of the historic Araucanía, a traditional land of the indigenous Mapuche.
Puelche people
1 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.
Cunco people
2 linksPoorly known subgroup of Huilliche people native to coastal areas of southern Chile and the nearby inland.
Poorly known subgroup of Huilliche people native to coastal areas of southern Chile and the nearby inland.
A theory postulated by chronicler José Pérez García holds the Cuncos 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.
Wallmapu
0 linksWallmapu is a name for the traditional territory of the Mapuche people of southern South America.
Osorno, Chile
3 linksCity and commune in southern Chile and capital of Osorno Province in the Los Lagos Region.
City and commune in southern Chile and capital of Osorno Province in the Los Lagos Region.
Osorno owes its legacy to fairly recent Chilean settlement, when the government subdued the region's indigenous Mapuche peoples in the mid-19th century and opened the land to Chilean and European immigration soon to follow.
Mestizo
2 linksTerm used both for racial classification used to refer to a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry.
Term used both for racial classification used to refer to a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry.
In Chile, from the time the Spanish soldiers with Pedro de Valdivia entered northern Chile, a process of 'mestizaje' began where Spaniards began to intermarry and reproduce with the local bellicose Mapuche population of Indigenous Chileans to produce an overwhelmingly Mestizo population during the first generation in all of the cities they founded.
Indigenous peoples
1 linksIndigenous peoples, also referred to as First peoples, First nations, Aboriginal peoples, Native peoples, Indigenous natives, or Autochthonous peoples (these terms are often capitalized when referring to specific indigenous peoples as ethnic groups, nations, and the members of these groups ), are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original peoples.
Indigenous peoples, also referred to as First peoples, First nations, Aboriginal peoples, Native peoples, Indigenous natives, or Autochthonous peoples (these terms are often capitalized when referring to specific indigenous peoples as ethnic groups, nations, and the members of these groups ), are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original peoples.
While still in use in-group, and in many names of organizations, "Indian" is less popular among younger people, who tend to prefer "Indigenous" or simply "Native, with most preferring to use the specific name of their tribe or Nation instead of generalities. In Spanish or Portuguese speaking countries, one finds the use of terms such as índios, pueblos indígenas, amerindios, povos nativos, povos indígenas, and, in Peru, Comunidades Nativas (Native Communities), particularly among Amazonian societies like the Urarina and Matsés. In Chile, there the most populous indigenous peoples are the Mapuches in the Center-South and the Aymaras in the North. Rapa Nui of Easter Island, who are a Polynesian people, are the only non-Amerindian indigenous people in Chile.
Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco
1 linksCoordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM) is a radical, militant indigenous organization engaged primarily in political violence in their pursuit of attaining an autonomous Mapuche state in Wallmapu, which, according to them, would only be the revindication and recovery of former Mapuche lands.
German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue
4 linksFrom 1850 to 1875, some 6,000 German immigrants settled in the region around Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue in Southern Chile as part of a state-led colonization scheme.
From 1850 to 1875, some 6,000 German immigrants settled in the region around Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue in Southern Chile as part of a state-led colonization scheme.
Early German settlers had good relations with the indigenous Mapuche and Huilliche, in contrast to their more uneasy relations with the Spanish-descent elite of Valdivia, whom they considered lazy.
Colonial Chile
3 linksPeriod from 1600 to 1810, beginning with the Destruction of the Seven Cities and ending with the onset of the Chilean War of Independence.
Period from 1600 to 1810, beginning with the Destruction of the Seven Cities and ending with the onset of the Chilean War of Independence.
The period was characterized by a lengthy conflict between Spaniards and native Mapuches known as the Arauco War.