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unusual facts about Mapuche people



Pelantaro

Pelantaro or Pelantarú (from the Mapuche pelontraru or "Shining Caracara") was one of the vice toquis of Paillamachu, the toqui or military leader of the Mapuche people during the Mapuche uprising in 1598.


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Araucarites sanctaecrucis

The genus name, like that of Araucaria, is derived from the Spanish exonym Araucanos ("from Arauco"), referring to the Mapuche people of Chile and Argentina who live in the surviving forests of Araucaria today.

El Huecú

The word was used by the Mapuche people to refer to the bunchgrass Vulpia octoflora.