- Ranquel
Ranquel is an ethnic tribe of
South America , part of themapuche , withpuelche origins,pehuenche and alsopatagones from the günün-a-küna group.Between
1775 -1790 a group of pehuenche advanced from the side of theAndes mountains east to the territory they called Mamül Mapu ("mamül": kindling, woods; "mapu": land, territory) as it was covered by dense woods of caldén, algarrobo y chañar. They settled by the Cuarto) and Colorado rivers, from the south of today's Argentine provinces of San Luis, Córdoba, to the south of La Pampa.The name "ranquel" is the Spanish name for their own name of rankülche: "rankül" -cane-, "che" -man, people- in
Mapudungun ; that is to say "people from the cane lands".They were hunters, nomads and during a good part of the 19th century they had an alliance with the
tehuelche tribes, with whom they traveled east into the western part of today'sBuenos Aires Province and southern end of Córdoba Province, and also to Mendoza, San Luis and Santa Fe. Their last chief was Pincén, who was confined to the prison at Martín García island (1880).They allied themselves with the forces of
Felipe Varela during the rebellion against theWar of the Triple Alliance and the Central Government in Buenos Aires. After Pincén's capture, the ranquels were further reduced in population during theConquest of the Desert , with their lands being occupied by the army. A colony was established for them ("Colonia Emilio Mitre") in today's La Pampa province, which is their only place for their people that survives today.On
14 August 2007 the government of an Luis province returned convert|2500|ha|acre|0|abbr=on to the ranquel people, including two small lakes, about convert|124|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of the town of Fraga. [es icon [http://www.grupopayne.com.ar/archivo/07/0708/070815/13-tapa.php grupopayne.com.ar] ] [es icon [http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/res/7322/media/agosto/14430.pdf San Luis government] ]References
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