Yaghan
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Yaghan — The Yaghan, also called Yagán, Yahgan (the original spelling), Yámana or Yamana, are the indigenous inhabitants of the islands south of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego extending their presence into Cape Horn. They were known as Fuegians by the… … Wikipedia
Yaghan language — language name=Yahgan/Yámana nativename=Háusi Kúta familycolor=Isolate states=Chile region=Tierra del Fuego speakers=1 iso2=sai|iso3=yagYagán (originally Yahgan, but also now spelled Yaghan, Jagan, Iakan), also known as Yámana and Háusi Kúta, is… … Wikipedia
Tierra del Fuego National Park — IUCN Category II (National Park) … Wikipedia
Lucas Bridges — Esteban Lucas Bridges (31 December 1874, Ushuaia ndash; 4 April 1949, Buenos Aires) was an Anglo Argentine author and explorer. He was the third child and second son of Anglican missionary Reverend Thomas Bridges (1842–98) and the third white… … Wikipedia
Fuegians — Picture of a Fuegian (possibly a Yaghan) by ship s artist Conrad Martens during a visit of HMS Beagle. Fuegians are the indigenous inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of South America. In English, the term originally referred to… … Wikipedia
Tierra del Fuego — For other uses, see Tierra del Fuego (disambiguation). Land of Fire redirects here. For the fictional nation, see World of Naruto#Land of Fire. Patagonia Regions … Wikipedia
Keppel Island — Infobox Falkland island MapCaption= latitude= 51.3208 longitude= 59.9686 coordinates= coord|51|19|15|S|59|58|07|W|display=inline,title island group= english name= Keppel Island spanish name= Isla de la Vigia meaning of name= area= Unit sqkm|40|0… … Wikipedia
Cristina Calderón — (born c. 1928) of Robalo[1], Puerto Williams, on Navarino Island, Chile, is the last living full blooded Yaghan person. By 2004, Calderón (often referred to as simply Abuela) and her sister in law Emelinda Acuña were the only two remaining native … Wikipedia
List of indigenous languages in Argentina — This is a list of Indigenous languages that are or were spoken in the present territory of Argentina.Although the official language of Argentina is Spanish, several Indigenous languages are in use. Most are spoken only within their respective… … Wikipedia
Jemmy Button — Two views of Jemmy Button from FitzRoy s Narrative (1839). Orundellico, known as Jeremy Button or Jemmy Button , (c. 1815 – 1864) was a native Fuegian of the Yaghan (or Yamana) people from islands around Tierra del Fuego, in modern Chile and… … Wikipedia
