In a scene that has played out repeatedly in the Araucanía, neighbouring Mapuche Indians claim original rights to the land now owned by the Luchsinger family, citing a 100-year-old title in which ...

Chile’s Indigenous Mapuche people have long fought the government over land claims. They've faced discrimination and ...

Domínguez has ordered the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs (INAI) to issue land ownership documents free of charge to the Millalonco Ranquehue Mapuche community within 60 days from the ...

The Mapuche flag was a common sight at protests demanding a new constitution When people in Chile took to the streets last month to celebrate an overwhelming "yes" vote in a referendum on whether ...

Emilia Nuyado cast her first vote in the Chamber of Deputies on Sunday Emilia Nuyado and Aracely Leuquén on Sunday became the first two women of the indigenous Mapuche group to become members of ...

Paillamilla, 57, said he saw his work as deeply spiritual, a way to carry on the traditions of his Indigenous ancestors — the Mapuche (mah-POO-cheh), or “people of the land” — who more ...