Yahgan people
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The Yahgan (also called Yagán, Yaghan, Yámana, Yamana or Tequenica)[2] are a group of indigenous peoples in the Southern Cone. Their traditional territory includes the islands south of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. They are the world's southernmost human population.[3]
 Yahgan people, 1883 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,600[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Argentina and Chile | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish, Yaghan (extinct) | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional tribal religion, Christian (mostly Protestant) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Qawasqar, Siane[2] |
Yahgan People Media
Distribution of pre-Hispanic peoples in Southern Patagonia
A traditional Yahgan basket, woven with smoked Juncus effusus by Abuela Cristina
Yahgan cemetery at Mejillones, Navarino Island
Cristina Calderón, the last living full-blooded Yahgan person and native speaker of the Yahgan language, died in 2022.
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References
- ↑ Síntesis de Resultados Censo 2017. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, Santiago de Chile. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Yámana." Ethnologue. Retrieved 18 Dec 2011.
- ↑ Grenoble, Lenore A. and Lindsay J. Whaley "What Does Digital Technology Have to Do with Yaghan?" Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Linguistic Discovery. Volume 1 Issue 1 (2002). Retrieved 19 Dec 2011.
