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Article: Mapuche seek support for struggle in Chile.
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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EDMONTON
Two guests of the Coordinating Committee in Support of Mapuche People in Chile visited Edmonton in the first week of March during a month-long North American tour to gain support for the Mapuche in their struggle to regain their land, culture and human rights. Other stops were Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Oakland, Calif.
Jeannette Paillan from the Mapuche Information Centre Lulul Mawida in Santiago Chile, and Juan Bautista Ancalao, a Longko (chief) from the Coordinating Committee of Communities in Conflict -- Arauco-Malleco, met with community groups, media, Native and human rights activists, and local Native people during the tour. In ...