Peoples of the Americas
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Peoples

One people at a time, done properly

This index will grow collection by collection. Each people joins with researched, sourced and reviewed content — depth before breadth, and never a page that pretends to more than it knows.

First collection · Wallmapu — south-central Chile & southwestern Argentina

Mapuche

commonly understood as “people of the land” — mapu (land) + che (people)

An Indigenous people of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina — the largest Indigenous people in Chile today, with a living language, Mapudungun, and an unbroken political and cultural history.

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In research

Marked on the Atlas today; each collection opens with research and review.

  • In research

    Quechua peoples

    Andes — Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and beyond

    Quechua (language family)

  • In research

    Aymara

    Altiplano — Bolivia, Peru, northern Chile

    Aymara

  • In research

    Maya peoples

    Mesoamerica — Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras

    Mayan languages (family)

  • In research

    Diné (Navajo)

    Southwest United States

    Diné bizaad

  • In research

    Inuit

    Across the Arctic, from Alaska to Greenland

    Inuktut (Inuit languages)

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