Ulmen (Mapuche)
Mapudungun word meaning "rich man".
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Aillarehue
Aillarehue or Ayllarehue (from the Mapudungun: ayllarewe/ayjarewe: "nine rehues"); a confederation of rehues or family-based units (lof) that dominated a region or province.
Each Mapuche lof, levo or caví (lineage) celebrated its religious rituals at a unique rehue or rewe ("altar"), near the home of a local lonko, Ulmen or cacique, often the word rehue was used with the sense of party or clan ("I am from this rehue"), in a way similar to the old form of Christian administrative allegiance to parishes.
Juan de Lebu
Juan de Lebú was a Moluche cacique or Ulmen of the Lebu region, captured by the Spanish sometime before 1568.
Indio Rico
Small town in southern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located in the district of Coronel Pringles.
While researchers believe the term "rich Indian", is related to ulmen in the Mapuche language: powerful cacique, or rich chief.
Mapuche history
Archaeological culture, the Mapuche people of southern Chile and Argentina have a long history which dates back to 600–500 BC. The Mapuche society underwent great transformations after Spanish contact in the mid–16th century.
The secular were the reche, ülmen and gentyoke.