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Indigenous Communities from Chile

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Mapuche

Indigenous Group Mapuche (Also known as: Araucanos)
Location South central Chile, south of the Bio-Bio river in the 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 (A lot of the Mapuche have moved into towns and cities, whilst some have remained on the land)
Language Family Mapudungun
Classification: Araucanian
Alternative Names: Mapudungu, Araucano and Mapuche
Dialects: Moluche (Ngoluche, Manzanero), Picunche, Pehuenche
Website URLs Indigenous Struggle for Land and Rights
Mapuche
The Mapuche Nation
Country Profiles:Chile
Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Chile
Languages of Chile
Museam of Popular American Art
Indigenous Rights
Country Profile:Chile
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends Participation of 45 Organizations in Human Rights Working Group
Indigenous peoples of Chile: Current Situation and Policy Issues (August 2000)
Chilean Population
Invasion Of Mapuche Territory
NGOs Aukin Wallmapu Ngulam- Consejo de Todas Las Tierras Mapuche
Comunidad Mapuche Maicolpi de San Juan de la Costa
Confederacion Regional de Communidades Mapuche
Consejo Inter-regional Mapuche (CIM)
Coordinadora Nacional Indianista (CONACIN)
Council of All the Lands
Rehue Foundation

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