TEHUELCHE RELIGION. [This entry discusses the religious system of the Aónikenk, or southern Tehuelche Indians.] Known as the Aónikenk ("southerners"), the southern Tehuelche Indians inhabited the region of Argentine...

Tehuelches is the collective name of the native tribes of Patagonia. They are also called Patagonians. It is possible that the stories of the early European explorers about the Patagones, a race of giants in South America, are based on the Tehuelches,...