Mapuche

Mapuche (People of the Land) The Mapuche originated in southern Chile. The name Mapuche has the meaning of people of the land. Their land is there’s and no one can take it away. The Mapuche is one of the biggest groups that there is even today. Some have went to the city but most have just stayed in the outer parts and kept going with their traditions. The Mapuche people date back to 500 BC. Today they still exist; there make up ten percent of the population in Chile which is more than 1,000,000

The Mapuche: People of the Earth The Mapuche, also known as the Araucano, were said to be the first people in the region south of Chile's Biobio River. Archaeological excavations show evidence of their culture dating back to 12,000 years. They were indigenous people that were inhabited originally in the southern portion of Chile in and around Region IX. They had well developed societies, impressive art, and the people were accomplished warriors. The leader what they call toqui was the Maximum

words of Maria Teresa, a Mapuche woman from the Nalche region in Chile. The words are deceptively positive in the light of the situation faced by the people Maria Teresa represents. They face a frightening loop of poverty controlled by government and business forces. It is a chain that appears unbreakable from an external perspective. Indeed, the community faces challenges on a number of divergent scales, including the political and social arenas. The needs of the Mapuche communities in this region

forcefully remove the Mapuche off “their” new acquired land. According

The Mapuche have always been their own independent nation, but today they live under the Chilean and Argentinian government. Though not completely independent they still hold a strong independent culture from Chile and Argentina. They have their own: common descent, history, self sufficient economy, cultural identity and their own language. Their language called Mapu-dugun, meaning the language of the land. This language has been passed down orally through many generations. This language is dying

face with the Mapuche peoples who established a long-lasting resistance against their European settlers. For example, in Chile, when the Spanish attempted to establish a string of fortified towns southward, they met with the resistance of the Mapuche people. They repeatedly annihilated the settlements of the Spanish empire because they threatened the very existence of the Mapuche colony. 1 Eventually, however, Spanish officials were forced into a treaty that recognized the Mapuche societies. In

These articles discuss the construction of a dam’s project in Mapuche territories and its impact on the social, political and economic life of the indigenous community. The Mapuche people of Southern Chile have a long history and they were able to defend their independence despite many raids by giving many sacrifices. But a final defeat their on the hands of Chilean army forced them to be at the mercy of Chile’s government and then began a long and different fight for survival. They were forcefully

According to the 2002 Population Census (Censo de Población), 5.4 per cent of Mapuche have never attended a school, 47.1 per cent have had basic education, 37 per cent have attended high school and only 10.5 per cent have reached higher education (Williamson, Pastrana & Gomez, 2004). A recent thesis developed in the Proyecto Educativo Institucional: Liceo de Ercilla (2016) discussed that there are low numbers of Mapuche students in education beyond primary levels as a result of early transitional

person belongs, whether it is independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.” (The Universal Declaration of Human Rights). That means the Carabinero Police violated article 2 because the police did not give the Mapuches their right for freedom of religion and group by shooting them which was

the native Mapuche Indian word “chilli” meaning “limit of the earth”. With its unusual shape and divided into fifteen different regions across over two thousand five hundred miles of land with a maximum width of two hundred and fifteen miles,