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Selk’nam Genocide Public Commemoration in Punta Arenas

Chile

By Contested Histories Initiative • 2022-05-25

The late nineteenth century saw the systematic killing of the Selk’nam indigenous group members at the hands of European settlers in Punta Arenas, Chile. Until 2007, the official state narrative surrounding the fate of the Selk’nam failed to recognise the genocidal dynamics underpinning the dramatic decline in their population. Instead,… Read More