Mapuche
Nota de aplicación
Culture of the most numerous group of Indians in South America, inhabiting the Central Valley of Chile, south of the Biobío River. A smaller group lives in Neuquén provincia, west-central Argentina. Historically, the Mapuche were one of three groups of Araucanians as identified by Spanish ethnographers -- Picunche, Mapuche, Huillich. All Araucanians now identify themselves as Mapuche. In the pre-Spanish period, the Mapuche lived in scattered fa…