The actual frontier

Native peoples of the Southern Cone

Mapuche

Querandies

Pampas

Rankulche

Gununa Kena

Aonikenk

Selk’nam

Yamana

Kawaskar

The Selk’nam people

Selk’nam

The hunters with arrows and bows

The tent

“Cultural expressions of the memory”, by the Selk’nam community Rafaela Ishton

The chief receiving guests in the reserve

The Kawaskar People

Kawaskar

The great sailors. A disputed resource.

The Kawaskar todayThe Chilean state recognizes Kawaskar people as one of the seven main

native peoples in Chile, according to Act 19.253. The last census of population revealed that the Kawaskar are among the most representative

native peoples of the country. Expropriated of their resources, the so-called “nomads of the sea” live today in poverty. Most of them sell

craftsmanship in the southern harbors.

The Yamana People

Yamana

Making a harpoon

Almost 70 Yamanas live today in Villa Ukika and belong to a community.

The Yamana people presenting their demands to the Chilean president.

The Yamanas today

The Aonikenk People

Aonikenk

Kaw-toldos-Indian hut

The Gununa Kena

Gununa Kena

Today

5th Mapuche-Tewelche Parliament, Rawson city, Province of Chubut. October 21 and 22, 2006.

The Mapuche People

Mapuche

Mapuche cradle

Palin Game

Inside a ruka

Woman with silver jewelry (19th century)

The rewe

Trutruqueros (trutruka players)