Land access and conservation strategies among ranqueles (Colonia Emilio Mitre, La Pampa, first half of 20th century)

Abstract

By the late 19th century, indigenous populations in Argentina's regions of Pampa, Patagonia and Chaco were subordinately incorporated into capitalist economy, through a series of genocidal and destribalization policies that have been thoroughly examined in previous studies. However, the circumstances of their integration and the strategies that indigenous actors displayed have not been systematically analyzed yet. This paper is focused on ranquel population in Territorio Nacional de La Pampa to study land use and access ways, as well as the development of such settlings and their reproduction strategies during the first half of the 20th century.