Indigenous peoples in Tierra del Fuego

South american ethnic group

indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego

thumb|right|220px|A Kawésqar woman selling handicrafts to tourists in Villa Puerto Edén, Chile. The Kawésqar, also known as the Kaweskar, Alacaluf, Alacalufe or Halakwulup, are an Indigenous people who live in Chilean Patagonia, specifically in the Brunswick Peninsula, and Wellington, Santa Inés, and Desolación islands northwest of the Strait of Magellan and south of the Gulf of Penas. Their traditional language is known as Kawésqar, a word that means “person” or “human being”; it is endangered as few native speakers survive.

thumb|265px|1917 map of Tierra del Fuego showing some Selkʼnam people|Selkʼnam, Yahgan, and Haush settlement sites

right|thumb|Picture of a Fuegian (possibly a Yahgan people|Yahgan) by ship's artist [[Conrad Martens during a visit of HMS Beagle.]]