Puelmapu

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pwel
"east"
PeopleGününa künä (Puelche)
LanguageGününa Küne
CountryPwelmapu
Location of present-day Mapuche communities in Argentina.[citation needed]

Puelmapu is the traditional Mapuche territory located east of the Andes. It covers much of Patagonia and the Pampas. Since the Conquest of the Desert (1878–1885) Puelmapu is part of Argentina. It is a theater of the Mapuche conflict.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Agosto, Patricia (2007). "Cronología de los conflictos mapuche en Puelmapu, Argentina 2003-2007" in OSAL(Buenos Aires: CLACSO) Año VIII, Nº 22, septiembre