LOF TEMUCUICUI, Territory under Recovery

The autonomous Mapuche territory south of the BioBio River was violently invaded by the Chilean state in the so-called “Pacification of Araucania”, which culminated in 1881 with the delivery of much of the territory to European settlers. The Lof Temucuicui has for decades been an ongoing process of recovering the territory, while also restructuring part of the Wallmapu (Mapuche territory). In this most recent process, after the murder of Camilo Catrillanca, the Temucuicui Autonomous Community has effectively and productively occupied land that was in the hands of forestry companies and settlers.