Mapuche people

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The Mapuche people are an Indigenous group of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina known for their resilient resistance to Spanish colonization and rich cultural traditions, language (Mapudungun), and communal land-based way of life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native American people
ethnic group
alsoSpeak Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
continent South America
country Argentina
Chile
culturalPractice collective land tenure
extended family communities (lof)
machitún healing practices
historicalConflictWith Republic of Argentina
linked to: Argentina

Republic of Chile
linked to: Chile

Spanish Empire
knownFor Mapudungun language
communal land-based way of life
resistance to Spanish colonization
rich oral tradition
silverwork
weaving
languageFamily Araucanian languages
mainLanguage Mapudungun
majorHistoricalEvent Arauco War
Occupation of Araucanía
nativeTo south-central Chile
southwestern Argentina
region Araucanía Region
Chubut Province
Los Lagos Region
Los Ríos Region
Neuquén Province
Río Negro Province
religion Mapuche spirituality
ritual Machi healing ceremony
Nguillatun
signedTreaty Parliament of Quilín
signedTreatyWith Spanish Crown
linked to: Spanish monarchy
subgroup Huilliche
Lafkenche
Pehuenche
Picunche
traditionalAuthority Lonko
Toqui
traditionalBelief Ngen spirits
Ngenechen
Pillan
traditionalEconomy agriculture
cattle raising
forestry and gathering
traditionalHealer Machi
traditionalTerritory Wallmapu
UNRecognition Indigenous peoples’ rights under UNDRIP
writingSystem Latin alphabet (for Mapudungun)
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Pre-Columbian era includesCivilization Mapuche people
Temuco hasHeritage Mapuche culture
linked to: Mapuche people
Temuco hasEthnicHeritage Mapuche people
La Araucanía Region knownFor Mapuche culture
linked to: Mapuche people
La Araucanía Region hasEthnicGroup Mapuche people
Los Ríos Region containsIndigenousTerritory Mapuche territory
linked to: Mapuche people
Pedro de Valdivia opponent Mapuche people
Pedro de Valdivia capturedBy Mapuche warriors
linked to: Mapuche people
Araucaria namedAfter Araucanian people
linked to: Mapuche people
Biobío River associatedWithPeople Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Colocolo ethnicity Mapuche
subject linked to: Mapuche leader Colocolo
linked to: Mapuche people
Cautín Province hasCulturalRegion Mapuche territory
linked to: Mapuche people
Universidad de La Frontera collaboratesWith Mapuche communities
linked to: Mapuche people
Southern Chile ethnicGroup Mapuche
subject linked to: southern Chile
linked to: Mapuche people
Spanish conquest of Chile opponent Mapuche people
Spanish conquest of Chile opponent Huilliche people
linked to: Mapuche people
Spanish conquest of Chile opponent Pehuenche people
linked to: Mapuche people
Osorno hasEthnicHeritage Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Chilean Lake District hasEthnicGroup Mapuche people
Indigenous peoples of the Americas includesEthnicGroup Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Chiloé Archipelago ethnicGroup Huilliche people
linked to: Mapuche people
Panguipulli hasIndigenousPresence Mapuche people
Mariquina hasCulturalPresence Mapuche people
Mariquina hasIndigenousPresence Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Mapuche uprisings mainParticipants Mapuche people
Mapuche uprisings ethnicGroupInvolved Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Destruction of the Seven Cities mainBelligerent Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Ralco Dam affectedGroup Pehuenche people
linked to: Mapuche people
Ralco Dam affectedGroup Mapuche communities
linked to: Mapuche people
Chubut Province hasEthnicCommunity Mapuche people
Pehuenche subgroupOf Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Provincia de Cautín y Malleco associatedPeople Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Battle of the Maule conflictBetween Mapuche people
Battle of the Maule opponent Mapuche people
Battle of the Maule ethnicGroupInvolved Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Conquest of the Desert opponent Mapuche peoples
linked to: Mapuche people
Mapudungun spokenBy Mapuche people
Mapudungun hasAlternativeName Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Mapudungun ethnicGroup Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Wallmapu isAncestralHomelandOf Mapuche people
Wallmapu isAssociatedWithEthnicGroup Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Wallmapu traditionalTerritoryOf Mapuche
linked to: Mapuche people
Wallmapu hasCulturalSignificanceFor Mapuche people
Wallmapu hasHistoricalInhabitants Mapuche communities
linked to: Mapuche people