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Mapuche: see Araucanians Araucanians , South American people, occupying most of S central Chile at the time of the Spanish conquest (1540). The Araucanians were an agricultural people living in small settlements.
..... Click the link for more information. . MapucheMost numerous group of Araucanian-speaking South American Indians (see Araucanian), who live in the central valley of Chile. They are noted for their 350-year struggle against Spanish and Chilean domination. In the 16th–18th centuries they learned to use horses in battle and united over great distances to fight Spanish incursions. After Chile gained independence in the 19th century, the government settled them on reservations. In the 1980s the reservation land was transferred to individuals, but their rights have become endangered by debt accrued to support their traditional, non-intensive agriculture. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Chile's use of the anti-terrorism law for crimes committed by Mapuche in the context of land conflicts, which do not approach this threshold of seriousness, is not only inappropriate but also reinforces existing prejudices against the Mapuche people," reads a 2004 HRW report co-authored with the Region IX-based pro-indigenous-rights group Observatorio Ciudadano (OC). The controversial law triples the punishment for arson and illegal land occupation and has been used 16 times in the past decade, mostly against the Mapuche people who claim sovereignty over ancestral lands in southern Araucania region. JANUARY CHILE Indigenous rights activist Patricia Troncoso, serving 10 years in prison, calls off her 111-day hunger strike--the longest in Chilean history--undertaken to draw attention to the plight of the Mapuche people. |
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