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Alacalufe
Indigenous Group	Alacalufe (Also known as: Qawasqar, Alakaluf, Kawésqar, Chono)
Location	Southern most tip of Chile in Tierra del Fuego by Puerto Eden on Wellington Island
Estimated Population	20 (1996, SIL)
Environment	Coastal
Lifestyle	Sedentary
Subsistence	Gatherer / Fishing
Level of Assimilation	Assimilated / Fairly Traditional
Language Family	Qawasqar Classification: Alacalufan Alternative Names: Kaweskar, Kawesqar, Alacalufe, Alacaluf, Halakwulup Dialects: Aksanás (Aksana)
Website URLs	Mapudungun / Kawésqar Chile Information Project National Indigenous Population: Numbers of Census 2002 Indigenous towns Being Indigenous: Kawesqar region Bilingual intercultural education in Chile Qawasqar: a language of Chile
NGOs	International Women’s Rights Action Watch