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Yahgan people

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Yahgan
Yámana
Yahgan people, 1883
Total population
1,600[1]
Regions with significant populations
Argentina and Chile
Languages
Spanish, Yaghan (extinct)
Religion
Traditional tribal religion,
Christian (mostly Protestant)
Related ethnic groups
Qawasqar, Siane[2]

The Yahgan (also called Yagán, Yaghan, Yámana, Yamana or Tequenica)[2] are a group of indigenous peoples in the Southern Cone. Their traditional territory includes the islands south of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. They are the world's southernmost human population.[3]

References

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  1. "Síntesis de Resultados Censo 2017" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, Santiago de Chile. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Yámana." Ethnologue. Retrieved 18 Dec 2011.
  3. Grenoble, Lenore A. and Lindsay J. Whaley "What Does Digital Technology Have to Do with Yaghan?" Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Linguistic Discovery. Volume 1 Issue 1 (2002). Retrieved 19 Dec 2011.