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The Tehuelche people is a collective name for some native tribes of Patagonia and the southern pampas region in Argentina and Chile.Tehuelche is a Mapudungun word meaning Fierce People. They were also called Patagons thought to mean “big feet” by Spanish explorers who found large footprints made by the tribes on the Patagonian beaches.

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language
Spanish language, Mapuche language, Tehuelche language
population place
Santa Cruz, Buenos Aires Province, Chubut
related
Haush, Teushen, Selknam people
religion
Animism
total population
10590

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