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Pehuenche
Indigenous Group	Pehuenche (Also known as: Mapuche, Pewenche, People of the Pewen, People of the Pehuen, People of the Pine Groves)
Location	Chile, Concepción City, Foothills and Highlands of the Andes, Valdivian Coastal Range, BioBío River, Between the Itata and Tolten rivers
Estimated Population	54,078 (2002, Mapuche Documentation Center)
Environment	Jungle / Forest / Lowland / Highland / Temperate
Lifestyle	Semi-nomadic
Subsistence	Hunter / Gatherer / Animal Husbandry / Agriculture / Eco tourism
Level of Assimilation	Fairly Traditional
Language Family	Mapudungun Classification: Araucanian Alternate Names: Mapuche, Mapudungu, Maputongo Dialects: Pehuenche, Moluche (Ngoluche, Manzanero), Picunche
Website URLs	Pehuenches and Puelches Indigenous Indians: Pehuenches Pehuenche Wikipedia: Mapudungun 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 ICE Case Studies: The Bio-Bio River Case, Chile Meet the Pehuenche Mapuche Put Earth First 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. Población Indígena Nacional: Cifras del Censo 2002 Chile’s Indigenous Pehuenches Turn to Tourism in Alto Biobío
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)