Lafkenche

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Lafkenche are a coastal subgroup of the Mapuche people of south-central Chile and Argentina, traditionally associated with maritime livelihoods and a strong connection to the sea.

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Label Occurrences
Lafkenche canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Mapuche subgroup
associatedWithEcosystem beaches
coastal marine ecosystems
estuaries
rocky shores
cosmologyFeature strong spiritual connection to the sea
veneration of marine spaces
country Argentina
Chile
culturalIdentityBasedOn coastal environment
maritime livelihoods
culturalPractice collective decision-making in coastal communities
community-based coastal resource management
ethnicGroupOf Argentina
Chile
ethnonymMeaning people of the sea
language Mapudungun
legalContext Chilean Indigenous rights legislation
coastal and marine space regulations in Chile
locatedIn Patagonia
surface form: Patagonia region of Argentina

south-central Chile
partOfBroaderGroup Mapuche communities of Wallmapu
politicalGoal defense of coastal and marine territories
recognition of customary marine tenure
politicalMovement Lafkenche territorial rights movement
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Chile
part of Mapuche nation
region La Araucanía Region
surface form: Araucanía Region

Los Lagos Region
Los Ríos Region
relatedGroup Huilliche
Nagche
Wenteche
religion Mapuche spirituality
selfIdentification Lafkenche people
subgroupOf Mapuche people
traditionalEconomy fishing
livestock raising
seaweed harvesting
shellfish gathering
small-scale agriculture
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Pacific coast of Chile
coastal areas of Araucanía Region
coastal areas of Los Lagos Region
coastal areas of Los Ríos Region
usesDialectOf Mapudungun

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Input
Subject: Lafkenche
Description of subject: Lafkenche are a coastal subgroup of the Mapuche people of south-central Chile and Argentina, traditionally associated with maritime livelihoods and a strong connection to the sea.

Referenced by (2)

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

Mapuche people subgroup Lafkenche
Pehuenche relatedGroup Lafkenche