Indigenous Communities from Chile

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Mapuche
Indigenous Group	Mapuche
Location	Chile, Araucania Region
Estimated Population	1.3 million (1995, Instituto de Estudios Indigenas de la Universidad de la Frontera)
Environment	Temperate / Rainforest / Coastal / Mountain / Valley
Lifestyle	Sedentary / Nomadic
Subsistence	Hunter / Gatherer / Agriculture / Fishing
Level of Assimilation	Fairly Traditional / Assimilated
Language Family	Mapudungun Classification: Araucanian Alternative Names: Mapudungu, Mapuche, Araucano Dialects: Moluche (Ngoluche, Manzanero), Picunche, Pehuenche
Website URLs	Ethnologue: Mapudungun, A Language of Chile Mapuche-Pehuenche Right to (Their) Land Chilean Population Invasion Of Mapuche Territory Being Indigenous: Mapuche
NGOs	Consejo Inter-regional Mapuche (CIM) Council of All the Lands Rehue Foundation Mapuche International Mapuche Foundation