Alacalufe |
Atacamenos |
Aymara |
Huilliche |
Kolla |
Mapuche |
Pehuenche |
Quechua |
Rapa Nui |
Yagan |
| 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
|
|
