Mapuche Native Americans

There are approximately three hundred and seventy indigenous people, all over the world, who are part of thousands of groups, throughout about a hundred countries. They are under the pressure of the twentieth century in poverty, economic, cultural, physical, social, climate, and cultural assault. It is both a wonder and curiosity, as well as honor to research these people knowing, from a personal stance, of the pressure of the current events and social standards - yet these people are still rich with culture, and traditions. The Mapuche people are part of this category of which their culture, customs and relations of society throughout the twentieth century, were influenced by the world and their relations. The Mapuche indigenous tribe

The Mapuche nation is the third largest indigenous society in South America.” (R. Marchiquewan.) We can afformulate the great population, as well as importance of this indigenous group to the overall culture of Chile and Argentina. R. Marchiquewan really emphasizes the history behind their location. But location comes with the cost of communication. And the language could be formulated by the incorporation as well as importance of records, and modern use of a language. We could see that language is an essential to the tribe, as the Mapundungu language is still spoke to this day. (including the 20th century.) And we can see this illustrated here as stated, “The Mapuche people speak the language Mapundungu. At the time of the Spanish arrival there was no written record of the Mapundungu language, so the Latin alphabet has been applied to the spoken language and there are some spelling discrimination's. Only 20,000 people still regularly speak the language...” (“Mapuche”. South America.) But language was not ever a boundary it was in fact the glue to

For example, for the Mapuche people agriculture was an important aspect of their customs. One historian, Laura Ann Moylan, really summarized the aspect of religion. She explains the overall, influence of the everyday jobs of agriculture - and how it influenced the benefits and customs. “It is because of their kinship that the Mapuche have kept up the practice of the Nguillatun, the fertility and agricultural festival that is usually celebrated for a few days. At this festival they pray for good fortune. Harvest, animals, and human well are included in the prayer.” (Laura Ann Moylan). In similarity, Laura also explains the reality of the religion and its influence to its day-by-day action. “The Mapuche religion is one of animal and ancestor worship. It is the Machi who are the spiritual leaders and healers. They must train extensively to become a Machi. It is funny that the Machi are mostly women... The Mapuche believe in the After world.” (Moylan, Laura, Ann.). The Mapuche peoples religion was very similar to past religions surrounding it as the Incas, and Mayans. We can also see how an agricultural society and domestication of animals influence religion. But somehow the customs of the outside world caused a terminated their customs with their own laws. This affected the Mapuche people in more ways than one. “They cannot