Mythologies of the RANKÜLCHE RÜPÜ Tribe
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Indigenous people who inhabited the territory of present-day Argentina and were part of the Pampas Indians (including the Het people) related to the Pehuenches, Puelches and Huarpes. Known today as Ranqueles , they are located in the center of the country, in the south of San Luis and Mendoza, Córdoba, Santa Fe and the west of Buenos Aires. They were hunters, fishermen, gatherers, nomads, and agriculture was of little importance. They traded livestock that they exchanged for wine, yerba mate, liquors or metals. Craftsmanship was important in their activity: works in ceramics, leather, furs, fabrics, silver metallurgy. Throughout the 19th century they remained in alliance with various tribes with whom they attacked in "malones" (guerrilla tactics) in aggression or in retaliation for the invasions and advances of the Spanish and later the Argentines in the west of the province. of Buenos Aires, the south of the province of Córdoba, the provinces of Mendoza, San Luis and San