Domingo Melín

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Domingo Melín
Died 1880
Nationality Mapuche
Title Chief

Domingo Melín or simply Melín was a Mapuche chief active in the Mapuche resistance to the Occupation of Araucanía (1861-1883). In 1870 Domingo Melín went of behalf of Quilapán to seek a peace agreement with Chile.[1] He was murdered by elements of the Chilean military in 1880.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bengoa 2000, pp. 243-246.
  2. ↑ Bengoa 2000, pp. 271.

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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