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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La Araucana
16th-century epic poem in Spanish by Alonso de Ercilla, about the Spanish Conquest of Chile.
16th-century epic poem in Spanish by Alonso de Ercilla, about the Spanish Conquest of Chile.
He occupied several positions in the household of Prince Philip (later King Philip II of Spain), before requesting and receiving appointment to a military expedition to Chile to subdue the Araucanians of Chile, he joined the adventurers.
Cunco people
Poorly 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.
1960 Valdivia earthquake
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
In the coastal village Collileufu (La Araucanía Region), native Lafkenches carried out a human sacrifice during the days following the main earthquake.
Battle of Curalaba
The Battle of Curalaba (Batalla de Curalaba ) is a 1598 battle and ambush where Mapuche people led by Pelantaru soundly defeated Spanish conquerors led by Martín García Óñez de Loyola at Curalaba, southern Chile.
Augusto Pinochet
Chilean general who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Military Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981, being declared President of the Republic by the junta in 1974 and becoming the de facto dictator of Chile, and from 1981 to 1990 as de jure President after a new Constitution, which confirmed him in the office, was approved by a referendum in 1980.
Chilean general who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Military Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981, being declared President of the Republic by the junta in 1974 and becoming the de facto dictator of Chile, and from 1981 to 1990 as de jure President after a new Constitution, which confirmed him in the office, was approved by a referendum in 1980.
In 1989 indigenous Mapuche groups representing the "Consejos Regionales" bestowed Pinochet the title Ulmen Füta Lonko or Great Authority.
Scientific racism
Pseudoscientific belief that empirical evidence exists to support or justify racism , racial inferiority, or racial superiority.
Pseudoscientific belief that empirical evidence exists to support or justify racism , racial inferiority, or racial superiority.
He thought Chileans were a mix of two martial races: the indigenous Mapuches and the Visigoths of Spain, who descended ultimately from Götaland in Sweden.
Cañete, Chile
City and commune in Chile, located in the Arauco Province of the Biobío Region.
City and commune in Chile, located in the Arauco Province of the Biobío Region.
Two months later, native Mapuches destroyed the fort.
Huilliche language
Moribund branch of the Araucanian language family.
Moribund branch of the Araucanian language family.
Huilliche is closely related to Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche, though more research is needed to determine the degree of mutual intelligibility between the two.