They resisted conquest first by the ancient Incas, then by the Spanish. They fought as the nascent Chilean state annexed their territories and as military dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet devastated ...

When Chile’s social uprising erupted in October 2019, we had no idea that six years later, we’d find ourselves where we are ...

In Wallmapu, Chile, the situation of Mapuche youths Lientur Millacheo and Jaime Huenchuñir—the first individuals in Chile to be prosecuted under the ...

PEDRO CAYUQUEO, Chile (AP) — Los mapuches, el grupo indígena más grande de Chile, han soportado siglos de lucha. Primero se resistieron a la conquista por parte de los antiguos incas, y luego por los ...

As millions of Chileans have rallied over the last year against the government and for greater equality, the flag of the Mapuche indigenous people has often fluttered overhead. The group makes up ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s national police force on Friday fired an officer convicted of killing a Mapuche activist five years ago, a death that has been cited repeatedly by the Indians as ...

Since succumbing to the Chilean military in the late 19th century the Mapuche, anIndigenous community centered in the Province of Araucanía and constituting roughly 13% ofChile’s national population, ...

PEDRO CAYUQUEO, Chile (AP) — The Mapuches, Chile’s biggest Indigenous group, have endured centuries of battle. They resisted conquest first by the ancient Incas, then by the Spanish. They fought as ...