Aucán Huilcamán Paillama (born January 31, 1965) is the leader ("

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 ...

") of the

indigenist Indigenism can refer to several different ideologies that seek to promote the interests of indigenous peoples. The term is used differently by various scholars and activists, and can be used purely descriptively or carry political connotations. Th ...

Mapuche The Mapuche ( , ) also known as Araucanians are a group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging e ...

organization ''

Consejo de Todas las Tierras The Council of All Lands (In Spanish ) or ''Aukiñ Wallmapu Ngulam'' (AWNg) is an indigenist separatist organization that defines itself as aimed to create a "Mapuche state" in Chile and Argentina in the territories defined as "Wallmapu" by them. I ...

'' ("Council of all lands"). He intended to run for president in the 2005 election, but his candidacy was not accepted as he was not able to collect enough official votes validated by public notaries.

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20th-century Mapuche people 21st-century Mapuche people Mapuche politicians Chilean Mapuche people 21st-century indigenous leaders of the Americas Candidates for President of Chile Living people 1965 births Separatists {{Chile-politician-stub

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