Wallmapu

Map showing an interpretation of the historical presence of Mapuches between the 16th and 21st centuries based on data from Melin et al. (2015).

Wallmapu is the word in the Mapuche language to say "Universe"[1] or "set of surrounding lands", currently used by some historians to describe the historical territory inhabited by the Mapuche people of southern South America.[2] The term was coined in the early 1990s by Indigenist groups[3] but gained traction in the 2000s as the Mapuche conflict in Araucanía intensified.[4] Some view the Wallmapu as being composed of two main parts Ngulumapu in the west and Puelmapu in the east, with the southern part of Ngulumapu being known as Futahuillimapu.[5]

On May 19, 2022 a conference on the topic "The threat of Wallmapu" (Spanish: La amenaza de Wallmapu) was held in the city of Neuquén, Argentina.[6]

  1. ^ "NUESTRO PUEBLO HUILLICHE DE LA TIERRA QUIERE SEGUIR SIENDO DE LA TIERRA" (PDF) (in Spanish). Chile: Consejo General de Caciques de Chiloé. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ Nahuelpán, Héctor; Martínez, Edgars; Hofflinger, Alvaro; Millalén, Pablo (2021-08-19). "In Wallmapu, Colonialism and Capitalism Realign". NACLA Report on the Americas. 53 (3). Routledge: 296–303. doi:10.1080/10714839.2021.1961469. S2CID 237217065.
  3. ^ ""Wallmapu": Historiador chileno afirma que término "no proviene de la cultura ancestral mapuche"". T13. March 31, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  4. ^ "Lumaco: la cristalización del movimiento autodeterminista mapuche". Revistas Usach. 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2022. Fue el inicio de un desarrollo ideológico de un sector del pueblo Mapuche que señaló su anti capitalismo como un eje articulador, y a la resistencia, se simbolizó en la irrupción de la violencia política como instrumento para la reconstrucción de lo que llamaron Wallmapu.
  5. ^ The brighter side of the indigenous renaissance (Part 1), 2006.
  6. ^ Sánchez, Francisco (2022-05-16). "Neuquén debate sobre el proyecto de crear una nación mapuche en territorios de Argentina y Chile". LM Neuquén (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-19.