Mapuche people

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Indigenous people Native American people ethnic group

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.

Aliases (8)

Statements (52)

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

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pedro de Valdivia → Spanish conquest of Chile → Spanish conquest of Chile ("Huilliche people") → Spanish conquest of Chile ("Pehuenche people") →	opponent
Osorno ("Mapuche") → Temuco →	hasEthnicHeritage
Biobío River ("Mapuche") →	associatedWithPeople
Pedro de Valdivia ("Mapuche warriors") →	capturedBy
Universidad de La Frontera ("Mapuche communities") →	collaboratesWith
Los Ríos Region ("Mapuche territory") →	containsIndigenousTerritory
Southern Chile ("Mapuche") →	ethnicGroup
Colocolo ("Mapuche") →	ethnicity
Cautín Province ("Mapuche territory") →	hasCulturalRegion
Cerro Ñielol Natural Monument →	hasCulturalSignificanceFor
La Araucanía Region →	hasEthnicGroup
Temuco ("Mapuche culture") →	hasHeritage
La Araucanía Region →	hasIndigenousPeople
Universidad de La Frontera →	hasInterculturalFocusOn
Cautín Province →	hasSignificantEthnicGroup
La Araucanía Region →	hasSignificantPopulationOf
Pre-Columbian era →	includesCivilization
La Araucanía Region ("Mapuche culture") →	knownFor
Araucaria ("Araucanian people") →	namedAfter