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Native Chilean cavalry may have been fighting and defeating Spanish conquistador cavalry in the 16th century – The Greanville Post

Native Chilean cavalry may have been fighting and defeating Spanish conquistador cavalry in the 16th century – The Greanville Post
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A journey through Chile s conflict with Mapuche rebel groups | Conflict News

Hector Llaitul, leader of the CAM The south-central region of Chile is breathtakingly beautiful. There are snow-capped volcanoes, lakes and rivers, and majestic Araucaria trees that are hundreds of years old. There are endless forests and wheat fields. And, until 150 years ago, it was all Indigenous Mapuche territory. The Mapuche call it Wallmapu, which means “men of the earth” in their language, Mapuzugun. The majority of the Mapuche live in Chile, but there are also some on the other side of the Andes Mountains, in Argentina. They were renowned as fierce warriors. Unable to conquer them, the Spanish colonialists recognised the Mapuche – or Araucanos, as they called them – as an autonomous, independent nation, stretching thousands of kilometres south of the Bio Bio River.

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