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Wars Involving Indigenous Peoples Of South America
{{Unreferenced, date=May 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) Indigenous peoples of South America have been involved in several wars of different scale and nature. Conflicts with Iberoamerican states and between different indigenous groups have decreased over time. * Battle of the Maule * Inca Civil War (1525–1527) * Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (1532–1572) * Arauco War (1536- ~1800) * Guaraní War (1756) * Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II (1780–1782) * Chilean War of Independence (1810–1822) * Occupation of Araucanía (1861–1884) * Conquest of the Desert The Conquest of the Desert ( es, Conquista del desierto) was an Argentine military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca in the 1870s with the intention of establishing dominance over the Patagonian Desert, inhabited primari ... (1872–1884) Military history of Latin America Indigenous topics of South America Military history of South America Wars involving the states and peoples of South America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Peoples Of South America
The Indigenous peoples of South America or South American Indigenous peoples, are the pre-Colombian peoples of South America and their descendants. These peoples contrast with South Americans of European ancestry and those of African descent. In Spanish, Indigenous people are often referred to as ''indígenas'' or ''pueblos indígenas'' (lit. Indigenous peoples). They may also be called ''pueblos nativos'' or ''nativos'' (lit. Native peoples). The term ''aborigen'' (lit. aborigine) is used in Argentina and ''pueblos aborígenes'' (lit. aboriginal peoples) is commonly used in Colombia. The English term "Amerindian" (short for "Indians of the Americas") is often used in the Guianas. Latin Americans of mixed European and Indigenous descent are usually referred to as mestizos (Spanish) and mestiços (Portuguese). While those of mixed African and Indigenous ancestry are referred to as zambos. It is believed that the first human populations of South America either arrived f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Maule
The Battle of the Maule (in Mapudungun: ''Mawlen Weichantun'', in Quechua: ''Mawlli Ch'iraqi'') was fought between a coalition of Mapuche people of Chile and the Inca Empire of Peru. Traditionally this battle is held to have occurred near what is now Maule River, in Central Chile. The account of Garcilaso de la Vega depicts the three-day battle, which is generally believed to have occurred in the reign of Tupac Inca Yupanqui (1471-93 CE). Historian Osvaldo Silva conjectures instead the battle occurred much after Tupac Inca Yupanqui's conquest of northern Chile with 1532 being a possible date. Silva claims the battle was not decisive at all as the Inca army was already in retreat from a new incursion to Mapuche lands in the south. Arguably the Inca's advances in Chile were halted by their unwillingness to commit greater resources in fighting the Mapuche. Account of Garcilaso de la Vega In a six-year campaign with an army that eventually rose to 50,000 men, the Inca general Sinchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
