Indigenous Communities from Chile

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Huilliche
Indigenous Group	Huilliche (Also known as: Velches, Williche. May be considered a fraction of the Mapuche)
Location	In the South central part of Chile, between the Tulten River and Chacoa Channel and on Chileo Island.
Estimated Population	Several thousand (1982, SIL)
Environment	Rainforest, Coastal, Mountain, Valley
Lifestyle	Sedentary
Subsistence	Gatherer / Agriculture / Fishing
Level of Assimilation	Assimilated / Fairly Traditional
Language Family	Huilliche Classification: Araucanian Alternative Names: Huiliche, Huilice and Veliche Dialects: Tsesungun
Website URLs	Conservation strategies for biodiversity and indigenous people in Chilean forest ecosystems Indigenous Chronology Fourteenth periodic report of States parties due in 1998: Chile. 28/10/98. CERD/C/337/Add.2. UN Indigenous Rights Expert Heads To Chile Help Protect Ancient Forests in Chile Chile Native peoples of Chile Chile - Society Who are the Mapuche? Araucanian languages Adherents.com Chile - country information The Mapuche-Pehuenche and the Ralco Dam on the Biobio River: The Difficult Protection of Indigenous Peoples' Right to (Their) Land Indigenous Araucanians, South American Indigenous Peoples Chile Human Rights Practices, 1993 Chile: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999 Population Information The History Of Our People Araucanian CHILE: Indigenous Women Protect Plant Life Chiloé Model Forest Profile Traditional Agriculture Nation-by-Nation: Chile
NGOs	The Chilean Human Rights Commission Mapuche International Link Mapuche Foundation World Rainforest Movement