Ona
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Ona is another name for the Selk'nam, an Indigenous people native to the Tierra del Fuego region at the southern tip of South America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ona canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Indigenous people ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Onawo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Selk'nam NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelknam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialImpact | subject to genocide during late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| cosmologyFeature | complex mythological system ⓘ |
| country |
Argentina
ⓘ
Chile ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | endangered culture ⓘ |
| culturalRevival | subject of contemporary revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| demography | very small surviving population in modern times ⓘ |
| documentationBy |
anthropologist Anne Chapman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
anthropologist Martin Gusinde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicRegion | Fuegian Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPersecutionBy |
European settlers
ⓘ
sheep ranchers ⓘ |
| language | Selk'nam language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Chonan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | extinct or nearly extinct language ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Patagonia region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tierra del Fuego NERFINISHED ⓘ southern tip of South America ⓘ |
| notableRitual | Hain initiation ceremony ⓘ |
| populationTrend | drastically reduced after European colonization ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
Indigenous people of Argentina
ⓘ
Indigenous people of Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Kawésqar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tehuelche NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaghan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | animism ⓘ |
| spiritualBelief |
ritual use of body painting
ⓘ
use of masks in ceremonies ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMajorDisruption |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| traditionalClothing | guanaco-skin cloaks ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | nomadic hunting and gathering ⓘ |
| traditionalHabitat |
Tierra del Fuego mainland
ⓘ
steppe and forest zones of Tierra del Fuego ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
| traditionalSocialOrganization | band-based society ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
foraging of wild plants
ⓘ
guanaco hunting ⓘ seafood gathering ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.