February 1, 2009 . 19:00 hrs. approx.
Centro Cultural La Moneda Intervention case Craft Shop Mapuche
stones What they say ...
I
Before the arrival of the English, the Mapuche had to stop the southward advance of the Inca Empire.
War II more than 300 years to the English crown.
III
Bernardo O'Higgins in 1818 implemented the 1st of a number of laws and policies of colonization on Mapuche territory.
IV
By 1883 it had crushed more than half the Mapuche population. It takes away 95% of its territory.
V
military dictatorship takes away about 300 Mapuche leaders. Reduced land community of 500,000 hectares to less than 300,000.
VI
Decree 701 of 1974 on the promotion of forestry in regions VII and IX, was used to accelerate the planting of artificial forests in Mapuche territory.
currently
VII the main economic groups control almost the entire national economy and are the owners of the major forestry companies in conflict with the Mapuche communities.
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