Venacio Coñoepán
NationalityMapuche
TitleChief

Venacio Coñoepán or simply Coñoepán was a Mapuche chief active in the Mapuche resistance to the Occupation of Araucanía (1861-1883). At the founding of Temuco in 1881 in the northern shores of Cautín River Venacio Coñoepán and other chiefs from Choll-Choll met with minister Manuel Recabarren and asked him to not advance further.[1] Later in the same year Venacio Coñoepán headed a parliament that united different Mapuche factions against Chile.[2] Nevertheless, he subsequently fought on the side of the Republic of Chile against Mapuche rebels during the Mapuche uprising of 1881.

References

  1. Bengoa 2000, p. 281.
  2. Bengoa 2000, p. 287.

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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