Domingo Melín
Died1880
NationalityMapuche
TitleChief

Domingo Melín or simply Melín was a Mapuche chief active in the Mapuche resistance to the Occupation of Araucanía (18611883). In 1870 Domingo Melín went on behalf of Quilapán to seek a peace agreement with Chile.[1] He was murdered by elements of the Chilean military in 1880.[2]

References

  1. Bengoa 2000, pp. 243-246.
  2. Bengoa 2000, pp. 271.

Bibliography

  • Bengoa, José (2000). Historia del pueblo mapuche: Siglos XIX y XX (Seventh ed.). LOM Ediciones. ISBN 956-282-232-X.


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