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  2. Fuegians - Wikipedia

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    The name "Tierra del Fuego" may refer to the fact that both Selkʼnam and Yahgan had their fires burn in front of their huts (or in the hut). In Magellan's time Fuegians were more numerous, and the light and smoke of their fires presented an impressive sight if seen from a ship or another island. [3]

  3. Yahgan people - Wikipedia

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    The Yahgan (also called Yagán, Yaghan, Yámana, Yamana, or Tequenica) are a group of indigenous peoples in the Southern Cone of South America. Their traditional territory includes the islands south of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, extending their presence into Cape Horn, making them the world's southernmost indigenous human population.

  4. Selkʼnam genocide - Wikipedia

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    The book "Harassment Inflicted on the Indigenous People of Tierra de la Fuego" ("Vejámenes inferidos a los indígenas de Tierra del Fuego") by author Carlos Vega Delgado shows that Judge Waldo Seguel covered for ranchers who committed acts of genocide. The judge falsely recorded that he could not obtain a statement from the Selkʼnam ...

  5. Selkʼnam people - Wikipedia

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    The Selkʼnam, also known as the Onawo or Ona people, [note 1] are an indigenous people in the Patagonian region of southern Argentina and Chile, including the Tierra del Fuego islands. They were one of the last native groups in South America to be encountered by migrant Europeans in the late 19th century.

  6. Tierra del Fuego - Wikipedia

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    The name Tierra del Fuego was given by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan while sailing for the Spanish Crown in 1520; he was the first European to visit these lands. He believed he was seeing the many fires ( fuego in Spanish) of the indigenous inhabitants, which were visible from the sea, and that the "Indians" were waiting in the ...

  7. Category:Indigenous peoples in Tierra del Fuego - Wikipedia

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    Selk'nam people (1 C, 8 P) Y. Yaghan (2 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Indigenous peoples in Tierra del Fuego" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.

  8. East Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Strait of Magellan dispute

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    The East Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Strait of Magellan Dispute [1] or the Patagonia Question was the boundary dispute between Argentina and Chile [2] during the 19th century [3] [4] for the possession of the southernmost territories of South America [5] on the basis of disagreements over the boundaries corresponding to the uti possidetis ...

  9. Jemmy Button - Wikipedia

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    Two views of Jemmy Button from FitzRoy's Narrative (1839) A Yagan family inside a canoe. Orundellico, known as "Jeremy Button" or "Jemmy Button" or "Jimmy Button" (c. 1815–1864), was a member of the Yaghan (or Yámana) people from islands around Tierra del Fuego in modern Chile and Argentina.