Mapuche in a sentence

I have Mapuche friends who are trans.

With this justification, the armed Mapuche groups have been attacking forestry companies for some time, arguing that they are invading their lands.

It remains unclear who carried out the assault but a long-simmering conflict between the Mapuche Indigenous community and landowners and forestry companies in the region has intensified in recent years.

The tribe recognized it as a way to introduce Chileans to their way of life and help overcome prejudices against the Mapuche.

Holding those responsible to account and getting justice is rare, said opposition lawmaker Emilia Nuyado, Chile’s first Mapuche congresswoman elected in 2018.

Machi (spiritual Mapuche leader) Celestino Córdova Tránsito completed over 100 days on hunger strike demanding to join his community for the period of a mandatory spiritual retreat.

The Office of the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights sent a fact-finding team to the Araucanía region to investigate the rising tensions between local Mapuche Indigenous people and the police and government.

Men dressed as clowns, one dressed as the the movie character “The Joker” flying a Mapuche indigenous flag, are sprayed by a police water cannon during an anti-government protest in Santiago, Chile.

Francis repeated those same words Wednesday in his Mass, which began with Mapuche natives performing a traditional horn and drum ceremony at the altar as Francis and other priests looked on.

Francis repeated those words Wednesday in his Mass, which began with Mapuche natives performing a traditional horn and drum ceremony at the altar as Francis and other priests looked on.

People in Mapuche and other indigenous dress were prominent participants.

The Mapuche -- some seven percent of the Chilean population -- inhabited a vast territory before the arrival of Spanish colonists in 1541, and have long protested the loss of ancestral lands.

Three churches were attacked with fire bombs in Santiago overnight, dropping leaflets at the scene against the upcoming visit of Pope Francis, and calling for a "free" Mapuche nation.

Almagro's own reconnaissance of the land and the bad news of Gómez de Alvarado's encounter with the fierce Mapuche, along with the bitter cold winter that settled ferociously upon them, only served to confirm that everything had failed.

A massive Mapuche insurrection that began in 1553 resulted in Valdivia's death and the destruction of many of the colony's principal settlements.

A sport similar to hockey called chueca was played by the Mapuche people during the Spanish conquest.

Nicolás Palacios considered the "Chilean race" to be a mix of two bellicose master races: the Visigoths of Spain and the Mapuche (Araucanians) of Chile.

The older spelling "Chili" was in use in English until at least 1900 before switching over to "Chile". citation History main Early history The Mapuche people were the original inhabitants of southern and central Chile.