Luis Marileo Colipí was a

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 ...

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 military and settlers into Mapuche territory which led to the incorporation of Araucanía i ...

(1861–1883). Luis Marileo Colipí allegedly attacked Lumaco during the Mapuche uprising of 1881.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 List of cities in Chile, city (2002 pop. 12,868) and Communes of Chile, commune in Malleco Province of La Araucanía Region, Chile. It is located in the west base of the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta (650 km. south of Santiago). The ec ...

. 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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