Ángela Loij
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Ángela Loij was the last surviving pure-blooded Ona
native woman of Tierra del Fuego
. She was studied by anthropologist Anne Chapman
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The Ona were decimated by loss of habitat and European diseases.
Selknam
The Selk'nam, also known as the Onawo, lived in the Patagonian region of southern Chile and Argentina including the Tierra del Fuego islands...
native woman of Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of a main island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego divided between Chile and Argentina with an area of , and a group of smaller islands including Cape...
. She was studied by anthropologist Anne Chapman
Anne Chapman
Anne MacKaye Chapman was a Franco-American ethnologist. She studied the Mesoamerican civilizations and especially the Tolupan people of Honduras...
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The Ona were decimated by loss of habitat and European diseases.