Selk'nam

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The Selk'nam are an Indigenous people of the Southern Cone, traditionally nomadic hunter-gatherers known for their complex spiritual beliefs and striking body-painted initiation ceremonies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
hunter-gatherer society ⓘ
alternateName Ona ⓘ
causeOfPopulationDecline introduced diseases ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
mass killings ⓘ
ceremony Hain initiation ceremony ⓘ
climateAdaptation subpolar climate ⓘ
clothing guanaco skin cloaks ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
cosmologyFeature complex mythological system ⓘ
spirit beings ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus endangered culture ⓘ
culturalRevitalizationEffort language documentation ⓘ
ritual reconstruction ⓘ
documentedBy Anne Chapman ⓘ
Martin Gusinde ⓘ
historicalEvent Selk'nam genocide ⓘ
initiationRite female initiation ⓘ
male initiation ⓘ
language Selk'nam language ⓘ
languageFamily Chonan languages ⓘ
languageStatus extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ
persecutedBy European settlers ⓘ
sheep ranchers ⓘ
populationTrend severe decline after European colonization ⓘ
primarySubsistenceActivity guanaco hunting ⓘ
seafood gathering ⓘ
region Southern Cone ⓘ
religiousCeremonyFeature elaborate body paint designs ⓘ
gendered ritual roles ⓘ
ritualPractice body painting ⓘ
mask wearing ⓘ
socialOrganization band-level society ⓘ
patrilineal groups ⓘ
spiritualBeliefSystem animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
subsistenceMode hunter-gatherer ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorPersecution early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
traditionalDwelling temporary huts ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle nomadic ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego ⓘ
Tierra del Fuego ⓘ
worldviewAspect close relationship with natural environment ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yaghan people → neighboringGroup → Selk'nam people ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam
Museo del Fin del Mundo → hasSubject → Selk'nam people ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam
Kawésqar → relatedGroup → Selk'nam ⓘ
Yámana people → relatedGroup → Selk'nam people ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam
Tehuelche → relatedGroup → Selk'nam ⓘ
Alacalufe → neighboringPeople → Selk'nam ⓘ
Alakaluf → neighboringPeople → Selk'nam ⓘ
Ona → alsoKnownAs → Selk'nam ⓘ
Chonan languages → spokenBy → Selk'nam people ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam
Selk'nam genocide → targetedGroup → Selk'nam people ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam
Selk'nam genocide → relatedTo → Selk'nam people ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam
Anne Chapman → researchInterest → Selk'nam people ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam
Fuegian Archipelago → wasInhabitedBy → Selk'nam people ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam
Porvenir, Chile → demographics → includes Selk'nam (Ona) indigenous heritage ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam