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Alacalufe |
Atacamenos |
Aymara |
Huilliche |
Kolla |
Mapuche |
Pehuenche |
Quechua |
Rapa Nui |
Yagan |
| Rapa Nui |
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| Indigenous Group |
Rapa Nui (Also known as: Pascuense) |
| Location |
Chile: Easter Island, Pacific Ocean 3,800 km. from Chile |
| Estimated Population |
3,392 (2000, SIL International)
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| Environment |
Volcanic Island, Tropical |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Fishing / Handicrafts / Agriculture / Tourism |
| Level of Assimilation |
Assimilated |
| Language Family |
Rapa Nui
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Rapanui |
| Website URLs |
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Easter Island
RAPA NUI: a language of Chile
Rapa Nui Journal
Rapa Nui National Park
Being Indigenous: Rapa Nui
Sacred sites: Easter Island
Rapa Nui News
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| NGOs |
EarthWatch
Pacific Islands, the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific movement (NFIP)
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