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Culture summaryessay 2009 • Nakashima Degarrod, Lydia
Mapuche • South America > Central Andes
This is a culture summary of the Mapuche. Information is presented on major aspects of Mapuche culture....Female shamanism and the Mapuche transformation into Christian Chilean Farmersarticle 1998 • Nakashima Degarrod, Lydia
Mapuche • South America > Central Andes
This article examines the emergence of a new form of shamanism among the Mapuche of Chile during their first decades under the dominion of the Chilean state. Specifically, it links the emergence of a female shamanism with the policies implemented by ...