The Selkʼnam genocide was the systematic extermination of the Selkʼnam people, one of the four indigenous peoples of Tierra del Fuego archipelago, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Historians
Julius Popper and his men standing next to an unclothed dead Selkʼnam (1886)
Selkʼnam after internment in Puerto Harris [es], Dawson Island, in 1896.
Julius Popper (on left) shooting, with a Selkʼnam corpse visible in the foreground
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