Peoples of the Americas
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Stories

The present tense of the Americas

This section keeps the site honest about time: Indigenous cultures are current affairs, not history. Signed explainers compiled from the published record open the section; curated reporting joins as editorial partnerships are built — Indigenous media first.

Language

Who carries a language forward?

Mapudungun's transmission was weakened by a century of dispossession and stigma. Its revival is being built by teachers, families, illustrators and one commune that made it official — an explainer, compiled from published sources.

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Arts & culture

A shelf of living Mapuche literature

Five books to begin with — poetry, urban verse and bestselling history, all in print, all by Mapuche authors. A reading list with context, compiled from the published record.

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Politics & rights

The constitutional moment, and after

Between 2020 and 2023, Chile argued about what kind of state it is — and Mapuche politics stood at the centre of the argument. A neutral explainer of what happened, compiled from the public record.

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From the project

Building a living atlas, not a digital museum

Why this project starts from geography, leads with one people done properly, and refuses to treat living cultures as history.

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From the project

How this site is sourced, reviewed and corrected

Every substantive page carries a review status, a source list and a road to correction. Here is what those labels mean — and what we refuse to publish without them.

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From the project

The Mapuche collection: what exists, and what comes next

A frank inventory of the first collection — what is live today, what is placeholder by design, and what only community collaboration can build.

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Sections being built

Curation will be human and credited — links to reporting by Indigenous media, community publications and research institutions, never automated aggregation.

  • Peoples & communitiesAwaiting curation
  • Land & environmentAwaiting curation
  • ResearchAwaiting curation