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Then on 5 September 2023 the National Congress of Chile recognised the Selk’nam as one of the 11 original peoples of Chile, accepting them as a living community of Chile. Members of parliament issued a statement declaring their regret over the role the Chilean and Argentinean states played in the massacres of Indigenous people. [46]
CONADI is overseen by the Social Development Ministry or "es:Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de Chile". Its headquarters are located in the city of Temuco and it has two subdivisions: Temuco, covering the Bío Bío , Araucanía , Los Lagos and Los Ríos regions , and Iquique , covering the Tarapacá , Antofagasta and Arica y Parinacota regions .
Chile has attempted to develop hydropower projects in indigenous territory where the rivers that the energy companies hope to use are sacred to the Mapuche people. One area impacted by hydropower development is the Puelwillimapu Territory, whose interconnected waterways are referred to as the watershed of Wenuleufu or the ‘River Above ...
[15] [16] [17] The earliest generally accepted archaeological evidence for human habitation in South America dates to 14,000 years ago, and is located at the Monte Verde site in southern Chile. [18] The descendants of these first inhabitants would become the indigenous populations of South America.
The Changos, also known as Camanchacos or Camanchangos, [1] are an Indigenous people or group of peoples who inhabited a long stretch of the Pacific coast from southern Peru to north-central Chile, including the coast of the Atacama Desert. Although much of the customs and culture of the Chango people have disappeared and in many cases they ...
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Later, this culture was replaced in Chile by the Las Ánimas complex that developed between 800 and 1000 CE. [3] It is from this last culture that the archaeological Diaguita culture emerged around 1000 CE. [3] [5] The classical Diaguita period was characterized by advanced irrigation systems and by pottery painted in black, white and red. [3]
The 13-day-signs of this trecena, starting with 1 Earthquake, 2 Flint/Knife, 3 Rain, etc., are shown on the bottom row and the right column Aztec calendar stone ; 1502–1521; basalt ; diameter: 358 cm (141 in.); thick: 98 cm (39 in.); discovered on 17 December 1790 during repairs on the Mexico City Cathedral ; National Museum of Anthropology ...