Fuegians

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Fuegians are the indigenous inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of South America. The name has been credited to Captain James Weddell, who supposedly created the term in 1822. The indigenous Fuegians belonged to several different ethnic groups including the: Selkʼnam, also known as Ona or Onawo Haush, also known as Manekʼenk Yahgan, also known as Yagán, Yaghan, Yámana, Yamana, or Tequenica Kawésqar, also known as Alacalufe, Kaweskar, Alacaluf, or Halakwulup All of these ethnic groups except the Selkʼnam lived exclusively in coastal areas and have their own languages. The Yahgan and the Kawésqar traveled by birchbark canoes around the islands of the archipelago, while the coast dwelling Haush did not. The Selkʼnam lived in the interior of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and were exclusively terrestrial hunter gatherers who hunted terrestrial game such as guanacos, foxes, tuco-tucos and upland nesting birds as well as littoral fish and shellfish. The Fuegian peoples spoke...

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