Robert Lehmann-Nitsche
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Robert Lehmann‑Nitsche was a German anthropologist who spent thirty years in Argentina as director of the Anthropological Section of the La Plata Museum and professor at the University of Buenos Aires
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Selkʼnam people
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The Selkʼnam, also known as the Onawo or Ona people, are an Indigenous people in the Patagonian region of southern Argentina and Chile, including the Tierra del Fuego islands. They were one of the las
Robert Lehmann-Nitsche
…recommended study, but extended it to living individuals from the indigenous people of Argentina. He started in 1898-1900 by examining individuals from the Selkʼnam people who had been abducted in Patagonia and were exhibited by circuses or in events such as Buenos Aires' National Industrial Exposition of 1898. However…
Selkʼnam children, 1898
Selkʼnam people
Julius Popper during a manhunt of the Selkʼnam people. In the late 19th century estancieros and gold prospectors launched a campaign of extermination against the Indigenous peoples of Tierra del Fuego.
Julius Popper (on left) shooting, with a Selkʼnam corpse visible in the foreground