FUTATROKIKELU: DON Y AUTORIDAD EN LA RELACIÓN MAPUCHE-WINGKA.

The article focuses on the interaction between the Mapuche Indians of Chile and the Wingkas (Spanish) during the 19th and 20th centuries. The Mapuche's conceptions of group identity, sovereignty and governmental authority are discussed by the authors. Mapuche Indian Marcelina Neculqueo's appointment as President of the Indians of the Providence of Arauco by Augusto Pinochet was influenced by her husband Juan Rosa Painemil's long-standing social militancy, according to the authors.