José Arias BustamantePh.D. Candidate

joarias@alumni.ubc.ca@jariasfor

Mapuche territories in dispute: the role of the Chilean state and its (mis) understanding of the land

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How is access to land defined and contested within political arenas on various scales, and how does this affect the land restitution program as a measure to solve the Mapuche land claims against the forest companies and the Chilean state?

Futalmapu

Ayllarewe

Rewe

Lof ancestralMap

u

Wenumapu

Nagmapu

Minchemapu

Legend:

Main rivers

Merced title

Ancestral Lof Hueñivales

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Ancestral LofInternal colonization

Private property

Agrarian reforms

Dictatorship

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•Decree2568

1979

•Decree701

1974

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•Antiterrorist law

1984

Logko Alberto Curamil Mapuche Nation

2019 Goldman Prize RecipientSouth and Central America

#FreeAlbertoCuramil

Jailed since August 2018

Alianza Territorial Mapuche@PuLofMapuXawvn

“Troubled Water”

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By Will ParrinelloProducer/Director

Wenu Mapu /

Spiritual world

Ngen / Spirits of

nature

Che / People

Reconnecting with nature

Az Mapu

Role of elders

Traditional authorities

Increasing Ecosystem services• Water availability• Carbon sequestration• Soil erosion control• Biodiversity

Guillatuwe: Sacred ceremonial ground

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José Arias BustamantePh.D. Candidate

joarias@alumni.ubc.ca@jariasfor

Mapuche territories in dispute: the role of the Chilean state and its (mis) understanding of the land

Collaborators: Funding sources: