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Pehuenche
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| Indigenous Group |
Pehuenche (Also known as: Mapuche, Pewenche, People of the Pewen, People of the Pehuen, People of the Pine Groves)
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| Location |
Chile, BÃo-BÃo Region, Ralco, Concepcion City
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| Estimated Population |
54,078 (2002,
Mapuche Documentation Center) |
| Environment |
Jungle / Forest / Lowland / Highland / Temperate
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| Lifestyle |
Semi-nomadic
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| Subsistence |
Hunter / Gatherer / Animal Husbandry / Agriculture / Eco Tourism
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Mapudungun
Classification:
Araucanian
Alternate Names:
Mapudungu, Mapuche, Araucano
Dialects:
Pehuenche, Moluche (Ngoluche, Manzanero), Picunche |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Mapudungun, A Language of Chile
The Linguist List: The Mapudungun Language
Pehuenche People Of Southern Chile Protest The Fate Of The Bio Bio River
The Pehuenche’s Last Stand
The Ralco Dam and The Pehuenche People in Chile: Lessons from an Ethno-Environmental Conflict
The Pehuenche, the World Bank Group and the ENDESA S.A.
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| NGOs |
The Communal Association of Communities Mapuche
Mapuche International Link
Sisters of Mapu Domuche Newen (Women with the Strength of Earth)
Consejo de Longkos (Council of Chiefs)
Aukin Wallmapu Ngulam-Consejo de Todas las Tierras (Council of All the Lands)
World Rainforest Movement (WRM)
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