Querandí people

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The Querandí people were an Indigenous hunter-gatherer group of the Pampas region in present-day Argentina, known for their resistance to early Spanish colonization in the Río de la Plata area.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pampas Indigenous groups 1
Querandí people canonical 1
Querandí peoples 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
alternativeName Chiriguano
surface form: Querandíes

Querandís
associatedCity Buenos Aires
colonialStatus largely decimated and assimilated
conflictWith Spanish Empire
settlers of Buenos Aires
continent South America
country Argentina
culturalArea Southern Cone
diet deer meat
fish
guanaco meat
rhea meat
wild fruits
encounteredBy Pedro de Mendoza
Spanish conquistadors
ethnicGroupOf Argentina
historicalRegion La Plata Basin
surface form: Río de la Plata basin
historicalRole early Indigenous opponents of Spanish settlement in Río de la Plata
languageFamily Guaicuruan languages (attributed, uncertain)
lifestyle hunter-gatherer
mobility nomadic
neighboringGroup Guarani peoples
surface form: Guaraní people

Mapuche people
Puelche people
notableEvent destruction of the first foundation of Buenos Aires
notableFor resistance to Spanish colonization
presentStatus considered extinct as a distinct ethnic group
primaryRegion Pampas
region Pampas
surface form: Pampas grasslands

Río de la Plata region
surface form: Río de la Plata area
socialOrganization band-level society
sourceType early Spanish chronicles
subsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
timePeriod 16th century
weapon boleadoras
bow and arrow

Referenced by (3)

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Conquest of the Desert opponent Querandí people
this entity surface form: Pampas Indigenous groups
Santa Fe La Vieja archaeological site (nearby historic origin) associatedWithEthnicGroup Querandí people
subject surface form: Santa Fe La Vieja archaeological site
this entity surface form: Querandí peoples