Luis Marileo Colipí
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Luis Marileo Colipí 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 (1861–1883). Luis Marileo Colipí allegedly attacked Lumaco during the
Mapuche uprising of 1881 The last major rebellion of the indigenous Mapuches of Araucanía took place in 1881, during the last phase of the Occupation of Araucanía (1861–1883) by the Chilean state. It was planned by Mapuche chiefs in March 1881 to be launched in Nove ...
.Bengoa 2000, p. 300. Because of this he was stripped of the more than 6,000 ha land he owned near
Purén Purén is a city (2002 pop. 12,868) and commune in Malleco Province of La Araucanía Region, Chile. It is located in the west base of the Nahuelbuta mountain range (650 km. south of Santiago). The economical activity of Purén is based in fo ...
. His brother who had also participated in the uprising was taken prisoner and killed. After the uprising Luis Marileo Colipí fled to Argentina.


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