Haush

Haush
Manek'enk
Spoken in	Argentina
Extinct	people extinct ca. 1930
Language family	Chonan Chon proper Island Chon Haush
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	qoa

The Haush or Manek'enk were an indigenous people, considered the oldest inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego. They inhabited the Mitre Peninsula, the eastern tip of the island, and made regular hunting trips to Isla de los Estados.

The Haush were nomadic hunters, hunting the guanaco. They shared many customs with their neighbors the Ona or Selknam, including the use of small bows and stone-tipped arrows, skin clothing, and an initiation ritual for youth called hain, and their language was similar.

See also

• Yaghan
• Selknam
• Kawésqar
• Kawésqar language

References

• Furlong, Charles Wellington (December 1915). "The Haush And Ona, Primitive Tribes Of Tierra Del Fuego". Proceedings Of The Nineteenth International Congress Of Americanists: 432–444. http://books.google.com/books?id=oe0SAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA432. Retrieved 2009-08-16. 

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.