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The Yahgan occupied the southern coast of the island of Tierra del Fuego. They are considered to be extinct. Most of the information on the Yahgan is from the nineteenth century. The Yahgan language was a language isolate with no known relationship to any other. The Yahgan lived in groups of one to three nuclear families who wandered in an area until the food supply was used up and then moved on. There were no higher level social or political groups.

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Beierle, John	Culture summary	2003
Cooper, John M.	The Yahgan	1946
Gusinde, Martin	The Yahgan	1937
Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland	The Indians of Tierra del Fuego	1928

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