Urban Indians: Migrations, Alterity, and Ladinoization in Santiago de Chile (16th and 17th Century)
No. 53 (2014-05-01)Author(s)
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Jaime Valenzuela Márquez
Abstract
During the period following the Conquista and when the Santiago de Chile’s urban society was formed, one can observe various indigenous peoples that migrated to the city: Andinos, Huarpes of Cuyo, Juries from Tucaman, and Mapuche-Huilliches from the south of the Kingdom of Chile. The objective of this article is to show the great geographic and ethnic diversity of the city by studying the arrival, deployment and mobility of these actors and their descendants, as well as their forms of settlement and their strategies for integration.
Keywords:
Santiago de Chile, Amerindians, city, migration, identity, multiculturalism