Chile's Mapuche people vs the State: A battle for ancestral lands | Talk to Al Jazeera
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- Опубліковано 7 гру 2020
- In Chile, the Mapuche communities make up roughly 12 percent of the country's population.
They have historically been the poorest and most discriminated-against sector of society.
In fact, Chile is one of a few countries in the world whose constitution does not recognise its Indigenous peoples.
The conflict against the state has been simmering for years, but in recent months more radical Mapuche groups have been attacking and torching hundreds of trucks, farms, homes, forest lands owned by lumber companies and even trains.
So, is there a path to peaceful coexistence?
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I lived in Panguipulli, in Chile for two years. This was bound to happen.
Thank you for this excellent reporting, Al Jazeera. The Mapuche people inspire me with their commitment to resistance and self-determination for centuries.
Solidarity with the Indigenous Peoples of Chile!!!!
solidarity with europeans, real chileans
@@Sikyu-ye4nsI'll root for the underdog
@@00Julian00 who is the underdog? the underdeveloped who are supported against whites by all western regimes?
Mi padre y sus decendecia
@@Sikyu-ye4ns,what?
Diago's archive is the treasure . Keep safe. Chilians and Mapuches know how painful conflicts are. At last near by oppertunists so called neighboring world leaders and few politicians with their elites will feed themselves with these civil unrest.
Think before leap dear nature loving Mapuche.
My total support to the Mapuches! Chile is their native land, the fight is fair and just!
My total support to the Mapuches! Chile is their native land, the fight is fair and just!
Not anymore
Respect the ancestral land of the indigenous people
If this could apply the whole world will not be like this.
From history another countries raid other countries , if they defeat them they took land and anything they want.
But in chille, many people who owned lands bought from the state, so giving it back for free will not happen.
Many allowed if there's someone to buy the land as their daughters and grandsons doesn't have any interest on farming, but there's no one to buy back even mapuche who owned a big land will not make farm to make huge money because they are connected with nature and changing landscape is wrong to them
@@beeralte then it will be forcibly taken by mapuches. That’s how life works
@@indigenouspodcast2257 if force is use Mapushes will not win. That's not how things are done now a days.
They should use force a long time a go.
Because of using force now they even killed an innocent people too.
@@beeralte not if you convince enough people to fight for the right side. More people are coming back to their indigenous roots throughout the Americas. As you can see many so called “Mestizos” are fighting with the mapuches. If most “Mestizos” side with indigenous people, well... it wouldn’t be a fair fight lol.
@@indigenouspodcast2257 Callao peruano no defendai terroristas
Solidarity with the Mapuche people and all indigenous people fighting for their rights around the world.
Power to indigenous people all over the world👍👍👍 Development should not be an excuse to steal indigenous land🤧🤧🤧
No One is Indigenous.
@@tuckerbugeater You don't know what you are talking about
Land is conquered not stolen 😂😂😂😂
The Zulu nation salute the Mapuche and support their revolution
😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉
I wish the best for the Mapuche!
Let’s go Mapuches! 🔵🌟🔵
Vamos Brandon
@@tuckerbugeater ese es mi nombre
@@tuckerbugeater 🤣
I wish you put some Mapuche in this video instead of just Spanish (which I know), as I recognize the sounds of Quechua and would be curious is they were similar.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one Recognizing this also the Mapuche Play a ball game similar too wet the people from Michoacan Mexico play the Purepecha with the hockey stick
the language is Mapundungun, im p sure -ndungun = language, che = person, & Wall = land
Once land is conquered, it is no longer yours. Fight for it, but don't cry when they fight back.
Long life to Mapuche nation!!
Man this sucks my family is literally half basque and half Mapuche with both having tensions between them
The Basque out of all people should understand this struggle
Mapuches have my full support go for the crown banks no surender
Hey how about give Bolivia this land of indigenous people :DDDD
why not ask peru or argentina? how many countries took from bolivia?!
Good for them!
Can anyone tell me whether it's safe to visit the Bío-Bío and Araucanía region as a tourist? I would like to hike and enjoy the nature
You’ll find that the areas outside of Santiago are generally very safe. Compared to most parts of the world, Chile as a whole is quite tranquil… enjoy!
@@carriebradon2807 Thank you!
@@user-fw2qk4rf6iI hope Chile collapses, free the Mapuche, Rapa Nui, Aymara, Yaghan and Quechua people from this settler occupation!
Why dont they translate exactly how they are talking??
We can all claim lands if we go back a hundred years or more. The ancestors of serfs in Europe can also claim? Move on
Take back what was stolen ✌️
overturn this corrupt system
Galvarino is proud of his people
Mapucha we stand behind
Power to the Mapuche ✊
power to the europeans who founded chile. they cannot even cultivate few acres and they want more land
It is sad that some of them resorted to violence, cruelty and illegal means even though I understand their anger and desperation. Now they are seen as villains instead of victims and winning more sympathy. 😞
right of conquest. mapuche have to return in asia, chile was built by europeans for europeans
What next give the Tibetans and the Uighurs their countries back?
@@91Kred why not?
@@91Kred Hopefully
@@Sikyu-ye4ns Europeans in Chile should all go back to Europe where their ancestors came from
You're on their land.... I do not feel bad for what happens to you
You can't OWN land... get it through your stupid colonist head.
@@sungjinlui3972 Chinese are in the Patagonia too, will you leave? Come on commies, you said it, you can't own land
I am no expert concerning this subject, but I do find it fascinating. I have done a little reading on my own regarding this dispute and wonder if perhaps the Republic of Chile might not be the appropriate arbiter for this particular dispute? I believe there is a 400 year old treaty signed by South American First Nations and the Spanish Crown that establishes certain rights and responsibilities, not between the First Nation groups and the Republic of Chile mind you, but rather with the Spanish Crown itself. Wouldn't this First Nations "Magna Carta", so to speak, also make the Spanish Crown a party in this generations old dispute? Thoughts anybody?
Thank you for sticking up for us! We talk about Indigenous issues regarding South America in our channel if you are interested.
We the chileans made it what it is, most of the "mapuche" barely even qualify as such, they usually don't speak mapudungun, don't have mapuche surnames, don't have any connection to the lands they claim, and are fully integrated into chilean society, I live here, I know them and I know how they are, they're virtually the same as us, ethnically, culturally and even in identity.
Remember that the Araucanía (so-called Wallmapu) was the only region in the whole country where Pinochet won in the 1988 plebiscite.
9:25, Cops are likely to get away with things.
85% of chileans would propably have chilean indigenous DNA if they took a 23 and me or an ancestry test... leave the mapuche alone or learn once again that they are peaceful until someone tries to move them from their beautiful land.
I think the lady speaking is Chilean 🤣
She is a Chilean communist
Our unconditional support and solidarity with the Mapuche natives is already on.
Good for them...poder a la Gente
And now the President declared a state of emergency.
Free helicopter rides will take care of that problem.
Mis respetos a la Nacion Mapuche!!!
I am no expert concerning this subject, but I do find it fascinating. I have done a little reading on the topic and wonder if perhaps the Republic of Chile might not be the appropriate interlocutor for this particular dispute? I believe there is a 400 year old treaty (The Treaty of Killen)signed by South American First Nations and the Spanish Crown. The treaty established certain rights and responsibilities that would allow for the successful governing of the Arauco territories (as they were hence known). The treaty predates the Republic of Chile by roughly 200 years. Wouldn't this treaty make the Spanish Crown the ONLY valid arbiter in this generations old dispute? Thoughts anybody?
@Princess Lea Thank you for your reply Princess. Interesting comment. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the Arauco First Nations have never acknowledged the Republic of Chile as a valid negotiating entity. What is more, and again please correct me if I am wrong, weren't the Arauco First Nations treaty bound allies to the House of Bourbon and fought alongside the Spanish Crown AGAINST the Chilean revolutionary armies in the 1800s?
@@k.t.5405 Arauco First Nations? That sounds a bit funny. Just out of curiosity, why do you call them like that instead of Mapuche? Anyways, I don't know if they had a treaty with the house of Bourbon but they indeed fought alongside the spaniards against the chilean army at the independence war
they should refuse to speak Spanish, the language of the occupiers.
@@Ultramares Bloodlines always intermingle over time. Just like really there is no such thing as "Pure Spaniard" since modern day Spainiards are a mix between ancient Iberians, Arabs, Goths, Carthaginians etc. Blood doesn't really matter. Culture does.
I am no expert concerning this subject, but I do find it fascinating. I have done a little reading on my own regarding this dispute and wonder if perhaps the Republic of Chile might not be the appropriate interlocutor for this particular dispute? I believe there is a 400 year old Magna Carta type treaty signed by South American First Nations with the Spanish Crown that establishes certain rights and responsibilities with the Royal House of Castille and Aragon. Wouldn't this Magna Carta treaty make the Spanish Crown also a party in this generations old dispute? Thoughts anybody?
but the occupiers do not understand unless you talk to them in their own languaje......just facism in south america.
@@Ultramares blood quantum is a racist colonial concept & saying their all mestizo is tantamount to genocide
@@Ultramares that’s a silly excuse. Many natives in the US are mixed too. Mestizo is a colonizer Concept that should be put to sleep.
A reminder that the left-wing secessionist mapuches are a very small minority, for Pinochet here was crowned as a mapuche Ulmen Futa Lonco (maximum mapuche authority) and was given a unique victory in the 1988 plebiscite in the Araucanía, the region of the Mapuches, being the only region where he won.
That’s one of the biggest lies told by far-righters
@@PanConQueso001 So why do only right-wingers win elections in the Araucanía?
@@fedpostah The fact that right-wing politicians constantly win in the Araucanía region has more to do with the effects of the violent actions taken by some groups rather than what a group of Mapuche did 30 years ago. If you knew a little about Mapuche political structure, you would realize that what the Nueva Imperial Council did back then is not representative of the will of the entire Mapuche people. In fact, is this fragmentation of leadership what makes it so difficult to solve the conflict. Some Mapuche don't want anything to do with the Chilean state and would rather be independent, some others want to receive reparations for the century and a half of oppression and discrimination, and some others want to integrate to the Chilean state without neglecting their cultural roots.
TL;DR: Pinochet is not the king of the Mapuche (there has never been one, not even that French guy was really a king), and right-wing politicians obtain electoral profit from the violent actions carried out by some Mapuche.
@@Gunsolleys6 Yet if they are driven to vote for the right due to these problems inside their own community, as they seek a resolution for them and the right wing politicians do this, then how is this illegitimate? My point was not that such time is the sole reason of this phenomenon, but simply supporting evidence.
What
Reality is, if you have NO Power, You have NO rights.
Are the Mapuche not Chileans?
Americans or Africans kitchen nations don't understand really diffrence between being part of some country and having your ancestral identity that this days some call ethnic but it was always nation as long as I remember. They are Chilean by citizenship but by nationality or ethnic identity they are Mapuche. To some Americans concept is confusing because they all see thru the race
Chilean is the nationality and Mapuche is the ethnicity. The passport says "Republic of Chile" on it, but the person identifies as a Mapuche.
Classic liberal ideology, right from the start 00:00:42, and also classic neoliberal ideology 00:00:36.
Free Araucania
Ancestral lands? Chileans are also native it’s just that Mapuches are conservative and backward
hahahahahaha backwards?! pinochet allowed COLONIA DIGNIDAD to exist and he isn't mapuche but very conservative and backward.
Resiste pueblo mio.
I support the Mapuche I love Mapuche people
16:07
What is wrong with her Face?
Free Mapuchestan!
give them their land
Vamos Brandon
I understand what's going on, but this is NOT the way to do it, it has to be done legally.
You need to hire a large law firm and take your case to the international court of justice.
you dont fight capitalism with capitalism
all options are on the table, the question is which one will work in the end.
@@JohnSmith-ij6ms exactly
They will not get their land back
1girl frind in bartin zoe cornish brawn o+ in mi laif bornmoth 🇬🇧 pap
The Mapuche are heroes. May they continue to fight until they've thrown off colonial oppression, regained their land and autonomy.
No colonial oppression today, The Chilean government transferred the land legally. Generations later, when it is profitable, these Mapuche want it back for free. Sorry. Ain't happening.
@@eugeniasyro7315 Nope, Chile, all these states are colonial states. They are direct inheritors of the colonial, racist oppression and robbery of indigenous peoples.
@@dreamer2260 "Matthew Ambrose", the british want to establish the colonial government of Wallmapu
@@maximocambria4594 Insane conspiracy theory nonsense. A minuscule fraction of anyone anywhere near power in Britain will have even heard of the Mapuche.
@@dreamer2260 "conspiracy theory" is a concept made up just to ridiculize serious situations
Other Latinos need to see this
😂😂😂😂😂
"Latino" is a word made up by Spanish settlers after they violated Indigenous women.
Georgia shaitan...
Todo es un despelote de confusión lamentablemente la realidad aquí en la tierra es los weones más capaces de dominar un territorio son los que son dueños de aquellos y punto. Así es el reinó unido. Solo porque había humanos por ahí ANTES no significa que esa tierra es de ellos tampoco tal cual como ellos hagan las atrocidades solo confirma lo presumido por los mismos conquistadores que son salvajes pues entonces a la puta batalla. La única solución es simplemente compartir razonablemente y vivir en paz la mayor parte del tiempo ya que siempre habrá un porcentaje de guerra, vamos. Es decir, no te amargas por la violencia que hay, acéptalo y ten cuidado. Suerte, trabaja y pórtate bien.
Lol so easy to say that when it is not your linguistic group being systemically eradicated by people who believe themselves to be superior immigrants.
Soy Chilena y esto me da 🤮
Take back everything they owe.✊🏽🦙👊🏽
White settlers = invaders, colonizers and occupiers
😍🇹🇷🙏🙏🐎🐎🐎
Racismo !!
I love how all the social activists are trying to do something about the native americans that got killed hundreds of years ago(which isnt possible), but dont speak a single word about the only surviving unconquered indigenous tribe being constantly attacked in modern times for their territory... people need to put that energy into this issue that is currently active.
Did you say unconquered? Are you serious?
Did these folks just discover India? Lets make holidays and history books about this DISCOVERY
I don't understand why why they still speak Spanish!
Despite being Mapuche and belonging to a community, it is very difficult for young people (40 and under) to know the language because the Winkas, as we call them, have humiliated us and forced us to speak Spanish since they invaded our "mapu" (land).
Nowadays there are people fighting for the integration of Mapuzungun, but the Chilean state does not help much. For this and many other reasons our country is drafting a new constitution in which a Mapuche woman was elected as the president of the Constitutional Convention of Chile, who is also a Mapuche linguist and professor at the Department of Education of the Universidad de Santiago de Chile and a defender of the native languages. Her name is Elisa Loncón Antileo.
Here is what she had to say on the subject:
"It is part of the struggle of the indigenous peoples, but in the link with the States the languages are threatened. There are no language policies that favour their development. It is a delicate situation that needs to be addressed. The right to the use of language is a fundamental human right"
@@koteuwu6785 Barrera no suena muy araucano
@@rexchiliae Soy mestiza, no sé si te diste cuenta de mi segundo apellido.
@@koteuwu6785 human rights are a concept of european origin, and it's an extension of christianity. if you want to separate yourself, you have to also show that you're not hypocrites, and not use any culture, technology, or product of european origin. since human rights are european origin, you can't refer to them when talking about the use of language.
@@IRGhost0 I find what you say is very ignorant, human rights are of European origin, but that has nothing to do with who they are directed at. Are indigenous people not human beings like Europeans?
And as for the use of one's own language as a human right, for example the right of all indigenous children to learn their own language, well it has been defined as a fundamental human right, we are human because we have a language. Without it, we are silenced as a culture, so the approach is profoundly human.
And it is not about wanting to "separate" ourselves in a bad way from other cultures like the European ones, it is about our culture being recognised and respected like any other. Have a nice day!
Wtf, they r mestizo not pure indigenous!!!
How come they believe in Mapuche side how come they neglect their own european blood inside their dna!!!!
What the hexk!!!
Blood quantum is a racist colonial concept made to destroy indigenous communities
Stay mad. Mestizo is a colonizer term.
In my school about ¾ of the mapuche kids (i.e. by blood and family name) are fully integrated into Chile without any interest in their native language nor culture, they look, speak, act and dress like chileans, and there is no telling between them and a non-mapuche.
More than anything a peopls are defined by culture rather than blood. Look at the U.S.. Multi- racial but having an "american mindset" whether they be European or Asian!
they have indigenous blood so they are natives. they stay true to their culture as well.
PINOCHET ROCKS!!!
Pinochet era was peaceful. One Mapuche woman said that with a stroke of the pen the Mapuches were written out of existence - everyone in Chile were one people. That was a genius move, not of a tyrant. In the USA the Civil War rages on after 162 years. Buried bodies are desecrated, statues are destroyed or removed. Never ending resentment is not good for any nation. Spanish authority left Mapuche land undisturbed? Settling old grudges can be the cause of great unintended bloodshed. Killing your neighbors is an unforgivable act without any justification. Big forestry land grabs is a different matter.
Very nice 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️