Selk'nam genocide

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The Selk'nam genocide was the systematic extermination and dispossession of the Indigenous Selk'nam people of Tierra del Fuego by European settlers and state-backed actors during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Selk'nam genocide canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
aftermath assimilation policies against survivors ⓘ
survivors confined to missions ⓘ
cause land dispossession ⓘ
resource exploitation ⓘ
settler colonialism ⓘ
sheep ranching expansion ⓘ
endTime early 20th century ⓘ
estimatedVictims hundreds ⓘ
possibly over one thousand ⓘ
historicalContext Conquest of the Desert ⓘ
Southern Cone colonization ⓘ
location Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Patagonia ⓘ
Tierra del Fuego ⓘ
method bounty hunting ⓘ
cultural suppression ⓘ
forced displacement ⓘ
kidnapping of children ⓘ
mass killing ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
motivation control of land for sheep ranching ⓘ
elimination of indigenous resistance ⓘ
notablePerpetrator José Menéndez ⓘ
Julius Popper ⓘ
perpetrator Argentine authorities ⓘ
Chilean authorities ⓘ
European settlers ⓘ
gold prospectors ⓘ
ranchers ⓘ
state-backed militias ⓘ
recognizedBy human rights scholars ⓘ
some Argentine institutions ⓘ
some Chilean institutions ⓘ
relatedTo Fuegian peoples ⓘ
Selk'nam people ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam

indigenous genocide in the Americas ⓘ
result destruction of Selk'nam culture ⓘ
dramatic population decline ⓘ
loss of Selk'nam traditional lands ⓘ
near extermination of the Selk'nam people ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ
targetedGroup Selk'nam people ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam
timePeriod c. 1880–1920 ⓘ

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Selk'nam → historicalEvent → Selk'nam genocide ⓘ