Domingo Melín
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 on behalf of Quilapán to seek a peace agreement with Chile.[1] He was murdered by elements of the Chilean military in 1880.[2]
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- Bengoa, José (2000). Historia del pueblo mapuche: Siglos XIX y XX (Seventh ed.). LOM Ediciones. ISBN 956-282-232-X.
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