| The Mapuche Indians in Chile still sacrifice a white lamb without blemish as an atonement for sin. |
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| As a result, most of the indigenous groups were easily defeated by the Spaniards, though the Mapuche Indians successfully resisted the invaders. |
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| Spanish is the main language, but a handful of native languages including Aymara, Mapuche and Rapa Nui are also spoken. |
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| After a month and a half, our time was up, and we sold the horses at Lago Rosario, a tiny Mapuche township. |
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| As a boy Francisco would climb the hill and imagine the Mapuche warriors and the mixed-blood Chileans who came after them. |
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| It is the land of the Pehuenche, a Mapuche people, who have lived there for at least 500 years. |
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| In addition, Chilean speech contains many words adopted from the Mapuche language as well as much chilenismos. |
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| There are also Protestants in Chile, and some Mapuche Indians practice their traditional religion. |
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| The Mapuche medicine woman or machi say that their source of livelihood is being directly threatened by the desiccation of native forests. |
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| Toward the end of the 19th century, the government in Santiago consolidated its position in the south by ruthlessly suppressing the Mapuche Indians. |
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| Because Benetton's land is well fenced in other areas and Santa Rosa was known among Mapuche to be unoccupied, the family believed the plot was available. |
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| Eighteen Mapuche Indian leaders are scheduled to go on trial in Chile soon. |
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| These skulls originated from Mocha Island, an island just off the coast of Chile in the Pacific Ocean, formerly inhabited by the Mapuche. |
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| The advance south halted after the Battle of the Maule where they met determined resistance from the Mapuche. |
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| Mapuche poet Elicura Chihauilaf of the Universidad Mayor in Temuco, Chile, gives a bilingual poetry reading. |
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| Cecilia Vicuna's stirring introduction sets the tone to perceive the Mapuche renaissance of ul, or song, in what follows. |
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| Before reaching the coast of Peru, Drake visited Mocha Island, where he was seriously injured by hostile Mapuche. |
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| Benetton has faced criticism from Mapuche organizations, including Mapuche International Link, over its purchase of traditional Mapuche lands in Patagonia. |
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| So, don't be surprised if Buck finds Mapuche Indians in Australia. |
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| As we walk through her garden, shaded by a large wisteria vine, Ulloa tells me that this tradition of pottery making originated in the region's Mapuche settlements. |
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| With the concept Tourism has created new markets locally and for export for traditional crafts such as Mapuche handicrafts, guanaco textiles, and confectionery and preserves. |
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