Tehuelche

E440107

Indigenous people ethnic group indigenous language

Tehuelche refers to an Indigenous people of Patagonia in southern Argentina and Chile, known for their nomadic lifestyle, hunting traditions, and distinct language and culture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tehuelche language	0
Tehuelche people	1
Tehuelche peoples	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ
associatedLandscape	Atlantic coast of Patagonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Patagonian plains ⓘ
colonialContactWith	Spanish colonizers ⓘ
colonialPeriodImpact	population decline ⓘ territorial loss ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ Chile ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus	endangered ⓘ
culturalPractice	body painting ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ use of guanaco hides ⓘ
culturalRegion	Southern Cone NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRevitalizationEffort	language revitalization ⓘ recovery of traditional practices ⓘ
ethnonym	Aónikenk NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalChange	adoption of horses after European contact ⓘ
historicalEconomy	hunter-gatherer ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfHorseAdoption	18th century ⓘ
language	Tehuelche language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Chonan languages ⓘ
mobilityPattern	seasonal migration ⓘ
modernResidencePattern	rural communities ⓘ urban areas in Patagonia ⓘ
notableGameAnimal	guanaco ⓘ rhea ⓘ
primaryRegion	Patagonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	Indigenous people of Argentina ⓘ Indigenous people of Chile ⓘ
relatedGroup	Mapuche NERFINISHED ⓘ Selk'nam NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaghan NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
status	severely endangered ⓘ
traditionalClothingMaterial	guanaco hides ⓘ
traditionalHousing	tents ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle	nomadic ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Patagonian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Patagonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
transport	horseback ⓘ on foot ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Chubut Province → hasEthnicCommunity → Tehuelche ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tehuelche people

Pali-Aike National Park → languageOfToponym → Tehuelche ⓘ

Conquest of the Desert → opponent → Tehuelche ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tehuelche peoples