Research Topics: Indigenous peoples in Chile

February 6, 2011

Indigenous peoples in Chile

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Rapanui: International Community Steps In To Stop Violence Against The Rapa Nui Nation - Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources - Feb 8, 2011
Alacaluf - "The Alacaluf are a South American people living in Chile..." - Wikipedia
Aymara people - "The Aymara or Aimara are a native ethnic group in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America; about 2 million live in Bolivia, Peru and Chile." - Wikipedia
Atacameño - "The Atacameños (also called Atacamas or Likan-antay) are a Native American people who inhabited the Andean portion of the Atacama Desert, mainly in what is today Chile's Antofagasta Region." - Wikipedia
Easter Island - "Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean... A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues..." - Wikipedia
Indigenous peoples in Chile - "Indigenous peoples in Chile form about 4.6% of the total population... The Mapuches, from the south, accounted for approximately 85 percent of this number. There were also small populations of Aymara, Atacameño, Rapa Nui, and Kawaskhar in other parts of the country." - Wikipedia
Mapuche - "The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage." - Wikipedia
Mapuche conflict - "Mapuche conflict is a collective name for the revival and reorganization of Mapuche communities for greater autonomy, recognition of rights and the recovery of land since the Chilean transition to democracy." - Wikipedia

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Police evict indigenous Easter Island protesters - "Police on Chile's Easter Island raided the grounds of luxury hotel Sunday to evict the last of dozens of indigenous protesters battling for ancestral lands and a larger share of profits from the tourists who come to see the Pacific Island's famed, mysterious statues of giant heads." - The Seattle Times - Feb 6, 2011
Easter Island land dispute clashes leave dozens injured - BBC - Dec 4, 2010

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