Consejo de Todas las Tierras or ''Aukiñ Wallmapu Ngulam'' (AWNg) is an indigenista organization that defines itself as aimed to create a "Mapuche state" in

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and

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. Its leader is the

werkén A werkén is a traditional tribal leader (but not a chief) in the Mapuche tradition, an Amerindian group indigenous to South America. It is a position that is lower than the lonco or "head" and may be considered the "body". The name ''werkén'' me ...

Aucán Huilcamán Aucán Huilcamán Paillama (born January 31, 1965) is the leader (" werkén") of the indigenous Mapuche The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including pa ...

. The organization has its roots in the «Comisión 500 años de resistencia» (Commission for the 500 years of resistance), created in 1989 as a splinter group of ADMAPU, whose members had become critical of ADMAPU. The commission subsequently changed name to Consejo de Todas las Tierras in 1990.

References

Bibliography

* Christian Martínez Neira (2009). "Transición a la democracia, militancia y proyecto étnico. La fundación de la organización mapuche Consejo de Todas las Tierras (1978-1990)", en Estudios Sociológicos, Vol. XXVII, número 80, Mayo-Agosto. *

External links

Wallmapuche.cl: órgano difusor del Consejo de Todas las Tierras
{{Authority control Mapuche organizations Indigenous organisations in Chile Indigenous rights organizations in South America 1990 establishments in Chile Mapuche conflict