Domingo Melín or simply Melín was a

Mapuche The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who sha ...

chief active in the Mapuche resistance to the

Occupation of Araucanía The Occupation of Araucanía or Pacification of Araucanía (1861–1883) was a series of military campaigns, agreements and penetrations by the Chilean army and settlers into Mapuche territory which led to the incorporation of Araucanía into Ch ...

(1861–1883). In 1870 Domingo Melín went on behalf of

Quilapán José Santos Quilapán or simply Quilapán ( arn, Külapang) was a Mapuche chief active in the Mapuche resistance to the Occupation of Araucanía (1861–1883). He was the main chief of the Arribanos and inherited his charge as chief from his fat ...

to seek a peace agreement with Chile.Bengoa 2000, pp. 243-246. He was

murdered Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the c ...

by elements of the Chilean military in 1880.Bengoa 2000, pp. 271.

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* 19th-century Mapuche people People of the Occupation of Araucanía Indigenous leaders of the Americas People from Araucanía Region 1880 deaths Year of birth missing {{Chile-bio-stub