Captured in 1557, Galvarino returned to battle after having both hands hacked off—wrist knives strapped in place, he led the charge anyway. His defiance became the spark of Mapuche resistance.

Indigenous Mapuche community members play palín—a version of field hockey—in a park in Santiago, Chile, in November 2024. They say that through the sport they are preserving their culture ...

I am a Mapuche professional, a member of the Technical Committee and Indigenous person of the Kütralkura UNESCO Global Geopark in Chile. Since I was a child, I have been linked to the life and work of ...

A special commission tasked with addressing land disputes and Indigenous rights in Chile delivered a historic final report to the president earlier this month, making a series of recommendations ...

Some 40 people form a circle on the dusty, late-summer grass. Following days of uncertainty and fear, cut off from most forms of communication, families from Mapuche communities in Argentina’s ...

Discover the Chile Pavilion at Expo Osaka 2025, blending industrial design with Mapuche textile artistry for a unique cultural experience.

How Indigenous Conflicts in Chile Ended up Targeting Christians Israel Viches Mapuche attacks against the government and environmental companies have included the arson of numerous churches.

A total of 135 traditional Mapuche educators participated in these four koneltun, in the Biobío, Araucanía, and Los Ríos regions. The goal of the koneltun is to develop situated and meaningful ...

Four Mapuche rebels from the Arauco Malleco Coordinating Committee (CAM) rebel group in southern Chile said Friday that the prison sentences handed down to them earlier this week were a sign of ...

Betiana Colhuan, a Mapuche leader, is leading an effort to reclaim national park land considered sacred to her people.

How do today’s indigenous communities of South America trace back to the history of human migration and contact in the continent? An international team has worked to reconstruct the legacy of Chile’s ...