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Mapuche flag is each of the flags used as an emblem and symbol of theMapucheIndigenous people and the Mapuche communities andIndigenist political organizations inChile andArgentina. There are several different flags representing the Mapuche communities and territories. The latest from 1992.
The first records on the use of flags of Araucanian people date back to the Spanish chronicles during theWar of Arauco, the more known was described in Canto XXI of the epic poemLa Araucana (1569). There,Alonso de Ercilla described in one of their songs, to a warrior named Talcahuano, which inhabited the land near the present city that bears his name, who was followed by troops that wore blue, white and red emblems. The most characteristic feature of the old Araucanian flag is theGuñelve (wünelfe in Mapudungun) that is a symbol from the Mapuche iconography which can be described as an octagram or a star with eight points. It represents the planetVenus, but has also erroneously been thought to represent the canelo tree, which is considered sacred among the Mapuches.[1] The guñelve, also called the "Star of Arauco", inspiredBernardo O'Higgins in creating the currentflag of Chile.[2]
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In March 1991, the Chilean MapucheIndigenistpolitical organisationAukiñ Wallmapu Ngulam, also known asCouncil of All Lands, made a call to make the flag of the Mapuche people. About 500 designs were submitted, of which one was selected for the Mapuche people. The flag is calledWenufoye (inmapudungunThe Heaven'sWinter's Bark).[3]
Thecolors and forms of this Mapuche flag represents:
Apart from the Wenufoye, there are five other flags representing the different territories: Huenteche, Huilliche, Lafquenche, Nagche and Pehuenche.
The flag of Argentinian Mapuche people was created in 1987 by Julio Antieco, and ratified in 1991 by the 1st Assembly of Aboriginal Leaders and Communities inTrevelin. The Chubut Province declares this symbol as "official emblem of the aboriginal communities of the province" (Act 4,072).
Their colors and symbolism are:
