Tehuelche people
Indigenous people from Patagonia in South America, with existing members of the group currently residing in the southern Argentina-Chile borders.
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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.
At about the same time, ethnic groups of the pampa regions, the Puelche, Ranquel and northern Aonikenk, made contact with Mapuche groups.
Strait of Magellan
Navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south.
To the east of the Kawésqar were the Tehuelche, whose territory extended to the north in Patagonia.
Patagonia
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.
Chubut Province
Province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes range to the west, and the Atlantic ocean to the east.
Before the Spaniards arrived in the Americas, nomadic indigenous Tehuelche people had inhabited the Patagonia region for thousands of years.
Río Negro Province
Province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia.
The province is home to four indigenous groups: The Tehuelches, the Puelches, the Pehuenches, and the Mapuches.
Neuquén
Capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department, located in the east of the province.
Shortly after the Conquest of the Desert campaign conducted by the military over Patagonia, the Tehuelche and Pehuenche tribes that inhabited the province of Neuquén were either killed or pushed out of these lands.
Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia.
The indigenous people of the province are the Tehuelches, who despite European exploration from the 16th century onwards, retained independence until the late 19th century.
Francisco Moreno
Prominent explorer and academic in Argentina, where he is usually referred to as Perito Moreno (perito means "specialist, expert").
He was taken prisoner by a Tehuelche aboriginal tribe and condemned to death.
Araucanization of Patagonia
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
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.
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.