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
surface form: Spanish language
continent South America
country Argentina
Chile
culturalPractice collective land tenure
extended family communities (lof)
machitún healing practices
historicalConflictWith Argentina
surface form: Republic of Argentina

Chile
surface form: 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 La Araucanía Region
surface form: 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 monarchy
surface form: 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
surface form: Latin alphabet (for Mapudungun)

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Wallmapu hasHistoricalInhabitants Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche lof
Picunche subgroupOf Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Picunche culturallyRelatedTo Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Picunche relatedEthnicGroup Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Huilliche relatedEthnicGroup Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Huilliche partOf Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche macro-ethnic group
Lafkenche subgroupOf Mapuche people
Ngenechen culture Mapuche people
Ngenechen ethnicGroup Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Pillan culture Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Pillan ethnicGroup Mapuche people
Machi healing ceremony practicedBy Mapuche people
Machi ethnicContext Mapuche people
Toqui usedBy Mapuche people
Toqui culture Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Mapudungun language alternateName Mapuche people
subject surface form: Mapudungun
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Mapudungun language ethnicGroup Mapuche people
subject surface form: Mapudungun
Parliament of Quilín signatory Mapuche people
Parliament of Quilín relatedEthnicGroup Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Arauco War conflictBetween Mapuche people
Arauco War mainIndigenousBelligerent Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Arauco War involvesEthnicGroup Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Araucanian languages ethnicGroup Mapuche people
Araucanian languages associatedPeople Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Araucanian languages associatedPeople Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Huilliche people
Occupation of Araucanía conflict Mapuche people
Occupation of Araucanía opponent Mapuche people
Nguillatun practicedBy Mapuche people
La Araucana depicts Mapuche people
Lautaro ethnicity Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Caupolicán ethnicity Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Caupolicán associatedEthnicGroup Mapuche people
Padre Las Casas hasCulturalPresence Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche culture
Padre Las Casas hasEthnicGroup Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Nueva Imperial hasCulturalHeritage Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche culture
Carahue hasEthnicPresence Mapuche people
Saavedra hasEthnicGroup Mapuche people
Teodoro Schmidt hasCulturalPresence Mapuche people
Teodoro Schmidt hasCulturalPresence Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche culture
Teodoro Schmidt hasEthnicGroup Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Perquenco hasCulturalPresence Mapuche people
Perquenco hasEthnicGroup Mapuche people
Cholchol hasHeritage Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
indigenous peoples of Chile includeEthnicGroup Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche
Curarrehue hasCulturalHeritage Mapuche people
this entity surface form: Mapuche culture
Melipeuco hasIndigenousPresence Mapuche people