CHEWKEPVLLV, Territorial Recovery in Aylla Rewe Budi

After the invasion of the Chilean state in Wallmapu (Mapuche Nation), the territory was divided and handed over to settlers, confining the Mapuche to live in small areas. In the Lafkenche territory of the Aylla Rewe Budi, the Catholic Church take part in the partition and in Chewkepvllv sets itself up on top of an Eltvwe (Mapuche cemetery). Today the people of the land struggle to recover the spaces which belonged to their ancestors.