Chono people

This article is about the indigenous people in Chile. For the Mongolian tribe, see Chonos tribe.
Chono people
Reconstruction of a dalca, the boat used by the Chono people
Total population
extinct
Regions with significant populations
 Chile: Chiloé Archipelago
Languages
Chono language?
Religion
Traditional tribal religion, converts to Catholicism eventually assimilated in Chiloé and Calbuco
Related ethnic groups
Payos? Kawésqar?

The Chono, or Guaiteco[1] were a nomadic indigenous people or group of peoples of the archipelagos of Chiloé, Guaitecas and Chonos.

The Chono people lived as hunter-gatherers traveling by canoe.[2]

Much of what is known from Spanish sources on Chonos is filtered by a Huilliche worldview, as Huilliches and Huilliche language was used to communicate with Chonos.[3]

  1. ^ Urbina Burgos 2007, p. 334.
  2. ^ Reyes, Omat; Méndez, César; San Román, Manuel; Francois, Jean-Pierre (2018). "Earthquakes and coastal archaeology: Assessing shoreline shifts on the southernmost Pacific coast (Chonos Archipelago 43°50'–46°50' S, Chile, South America)". Quaternary International. 463: 161–175. Bibcode:2018QuInt.463..161R. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.10.001.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Alvarez2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).