j:j SMITHSOXIAX illSJZLlAXZOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I33 



The A— ucsriai:? today are A". " r citizens with the pri-sileges 

 sjzi crlig^ncr-s of dtizenship. T.., : _ ; /.; are recorded in lixe general 

 registry along -writli all Argentines. Like all adult residents of Argen- 

 tina, tbey hold rer - V ::on cards issned by the police: 

 insi, a LTr-r--. T-- ::. a Libreta Ci^■ica. Araucanians 

 vored in : f 1951, Argentine women and 

 - - : .-jj-gci::!: , votes for tie first time in such an 

 . r_ _c2r:aiis, I..;: ^. :::dzens, mast have a permit to lea%-e 

 -^ -. ihey pay taxes: they have the right to attend jHiblic 

 ;c-i::li. ill liTcs '- :;JSle to them, as to all other citizens of 

 Argccriri. Their c_:.._-_r interests and probl em s come under the 

 jnriscicricr. of the Ministerio de Interior in Buenos Aires. 



L\XD. Sl*r SISTZXCE. AND TR-^rZ 



As ilreaiy 5n:ii re. 54^-547), a c'.:" r .::i his people laid claim 

 r: ill :L-e liris in a specific area. T'. r occupied only a section 



of the area ai a time. V."::' - :/ r^ - 1:: ich family had the exclusive 

 use of a piece of land, v, lin.-. .^ r^c.-iized by all other families in 

 the grotrp. (Pis. 63, 4:64.: 67, 3: 75, 5.) To a degree, then, it is 

 z" : :~~cz to say : ■ - ^ "-"-}" C^^ys private ownership of land 



GrLT _ : ir. use at a zi.rz: : - -.vere owned in common. 



Vr-.rr. .rrl- . il iTj'r::: :':e pasran^T :: 1 5 r::::n, the cacique gave 

 cciizi :;r ■ ^ - -^'.t :: uiive to a r.e ■ zr^^-^ section. '*'Ever}-one 

 g;: ready : ; /.ove," said K:'..;;!:-. "Somerimes we had been in 



a clire for a year or t^.-r 7' f •:/.::". :he toldos — the last 



"'-:"r *: '"-^ done. The}- r t 1 -.r± ... 1: ..^- aroimd the poles of 



. .- In. r"-^^-ork and pu: ...t: . ir. : ;: _: :..:-.-able propenv- on pack 

 hirsrs. S:-;- ereryThir.g wa.; on its way. Kolupan sat reminiscing, 

 and n;:ed '^'.z'- 1 z leasant smile, "Tes, in those days we moved wher- 

 ever — e -^■-':-:.'.z i : : rrKrve to." Then he added, scanewhat vindicatively, 

 'Itisr :-i: : : n- :•■ 



Spc'riii^ly. — -. : ■ - ■ - -he Arrer.tire Government through its 

 miliiary organizati :: -_-::- ;f more and more land claimed 



by the A.xaucanians. The .---. :-.s. -.ir-able to resist the Argentine 



:-_.— '— ^f --—'-'T i-.i : r. .r :-.:: :hr Andes. Even there the 



; : ...r ^1:. 1_- .;;.::r._-i :: -; narrowed, especially so 

 between 1895 and 1903. In the early 1900's the Argentine Govenmient 



laidcli'^ " " ■ " '-" ! Ends, and '■" r"ve each cacique a specific 



area :' ^ .ique in n : the head of each family 



