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  Diaguita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Diaguita culture developed between the 8th and 16th centuries in what are now the provinces of Salta, Catamarca, La Rioja and Tucumán in northwestern Argentina, and in the Atacama and Coquimbo regions of northern Chile.
Diaguita tribes were sometimes confederated, and sometimes at war against each other.
Diaguita peoples were one of the most advanced Pre-Columbian cultures in Argentina.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diaguita   (441 words)

  
 History & Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In the northwest, near Bolivia and the Andes, was a people known as the Diaguita, while further south and to the east were the Guarani.
Together the Diaguita and the Guarani constitute the origins of permanent agricultural civilization in Argentina, both developing the cultivation of maize.
The Diaguita are also remembered for having successfully prevented the powerful Inca from expanding their empire into Argentina from what is now Bolivia.
www.travelsur.net /facts157.htm   (573 words)

  
 Diaguita - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Diaguita, es la denominación runa simi ó quechua, divulgada luego por los españoles, de un conjunto de pueblos independientes con un idioma común, el kakán; ellos se autodenominaban pazioca o paccioca.
Las relaciones entre los "diaguitas orientales" ó argentinos y los "diaguitas occidentales" ó chilenos eran fluidas tal cual lo demuestran los hallazgos de restos de moluscos y mariscos procedentes de las costas chilenas en los yacimientos argentinos y la decoración de las cerámicas con fauna típica argentina (yaguar, ñandú, quirquincho etc.) en los yacimientos chilenos.
La conquista de los valles aledaños y ciertas zonas de Mendoza fue realizada mayormente por los Diaguitas bajo mando de los inkas, fueron Diaguitas quienes se instalaron con los mitimaes para enseñarles a sus vecinos los métodos de alfarería y metalurgia Inka.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diaguita   (2201 words)

  
 LATIN AMERICAN UPDATE
We were told that the Diaguita People are the original owners of the land and feel their concerns (environmental, social, economic and political) are being ignored by the company.
In Closing, the Diaguita People are very much opposed to the Pascua Lama mining project as they are concerned about the effects this project will have on the environment, the impact on their cultural way of life, as well as the social fabric of their communities.
It is stated here that investor's initiatives are being deployed in Diaguitas traditional teritories, that threaten Huascoaltinos's Diaguita people with losing their land and natural resources and also alter dramatically their way of life and culture.
www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press909.htm   (6674 words)

  
 Imagine | mariposaHD.tv   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
You are a scout by trade and a proud member of the Quilmes Tribe.
Your people are a subset of a large group of South American indigenous people called the Diaguita Calchaquí.
The Calchaquí culture evolved from the 8th to the 16th centuries in the mountains and valleys of Northwestern Argentina and Northern Chile.
www.mariposahd.tv /node/443   (396 words)

  
 Argentina - History (Grades 7-8)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Among these native people were two large groups--the Diaguita, who lived in the north, near the Andes Mountains, and the Guarani, who lived in the south.
In fact, some of the earliest rebellions in Argentine history were of the Diaguita.
This group repelled the Inca, who tried to invade Diaguita land from the north.
www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_Geography_170_1.html   (316 words)

  
 Chilean Jewelry Artists
Their jewelry is inspired by traditional Inca and Diaguita designs.
The Diaguita culture flourished in Elqui Valley from the 8th to the 15th centuries and ruins can still be found in remote areas today.
Daniel taught himself the skill of mining precious stones and a fellow traveler taught him how to work the stone and metal into finished jewelry.
www.antiki.com /chilean-jewelry-artist.htm   (494 words)

  
 MiningWatch > Diaguita People, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Sign Accord
The Diaguita People are very much opposed to the Pascua Lama mining project as they are concerned about the effects this project will have on the environment, the impact on their cultural way of life, as well as the social fabric of their communities.
As one leader informed our delegation, he said this project as it stands today, “it is nothing more than cultural genocide of the Diaguita People and if Barrick Gold is allowed to continue the project in its present form, the Diaguita will become extinct."
As result of meetings with the Diaguita People, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs signed an accord with them.
www.miningwatch.ca /index.php?/104/Diaguita_Accord   (499 words)

  
 Girls Inc: Girl Central: Smart Girls
In 1953, Tenley Albright, after a successful fight against polio became the first American to win the world figure skating championships.
The Diaguita, who lived in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, badly needed rain since this area is one of the driest regions in the world.
Click on each of the 3 rainsticks to hear their different sounds.
www.girlsinc.org /gc/page.php?id=2.4.2   (164 words)

  
 Argentine: The Way We Are   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Only some of them managed to survive the changes imposed upon them by historical evolution.
The Diaguita culture was the most complex and numerous of aboriginal populations.
About 200,000 natives compounded this people when the Spaniards arrived.
www.surdelsur.com /somos/pob20ing.htm   (122 words)

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