translated from Spanish: Who does not represent the mapuche world is the Deputy Aracely Leuquén

Director Lord: be mapuche, individual, it is not conceivable without the collective dimension. I.e. membership have a plural sense with regard to the collective (Melin et al 2016: 27). There is also an ethical framework around the social understanding of che, the reflexive conception of the person and the connection of che with other beings of the natural world (ditto). This becomes relevant that this collective being is connected both with their pewma, the mapu and his ancestors (Ibid.: 26-28).
So for example, those who were going to the village or nascent city and incorporated lifestyle wigka denying their culture, risked the malon and the denomination of wezake wigka – bad copies of the wigka – (ditto).
Here the Member Leuquén is not lost and recognizes that it is a bad copy by declaring that “many descendants of the mapuche ethnic group […] have evolved, advanced and progressed with respect to how the society in which we live is developed”. With this speech, she fits in with the story of Western modernity, considering that life wigka is the only one to achieve the so-called “progress” and denies the capabilities and imaginaries that can reach or develop its own people or to the that at least their ancestors belonged.
Aracely Leuquén easily falls into the folkrorizacion made by certain sectors to the mapuche people, arguing that “the indigenous communities have to evolve” leaving behind life in rucas, the use of the mapuzugun or the ethnic costumes.
Apparently we must clarify that indigenous peoples can change their ways of life, as her wardrobe or language (since this last element is dynamic and is circumscribed to the conventions than the same subjects that practice it are awarded). However, if you build rucas, it revitalizes the language or traditional costumes are used, it is not to return to the past, they constitute acts of resistance to the imposition of practices of life, Europeanizing.
In addition, “to be people” or “personhood” is a process in permanent construction and growth, and those who do not respect the rules associated with the Constitution of the che, lose that status in social terms compared to other. Finally, in collective relations must prevail a reciprocal respect, both peer and towards people who have a higher social status: futxakeche, logko, machi, werken, etc. (Ibid: 30).
With the foregoing is anthropologist who are vested with a public representation office, as it is the case of parliamentarians / mapuche, not it takes them as persons of higher status, but they must respect the own organization that the mapuche people is has given historical way. Moreover, when deputies as Leuquen they belong to institutions of the State of Chile, which has run a permanent extermination policy against those who dare to ascribe to a culture and a different way of life.
In this sense, quite clear were the declarations of various mapuche organizations of Aysén, who expressly noted: “we want to tell you that you are not our representative. We we represent alone as Aysén territory, we do not need in your voceria “.”
It should be noted also that the same Member Leuquen has tried to undermine the interpellation to the Minister of the Interior by the Mrs Emilia Nuyado, accusing her that she represents to the left and not to the mapuche world. This reminds us of one of the arguments that develops between two priests in the famous film “Already is not enough to pray”, in which one of the clergy calls the protagonist “[…] but what you want? Make the game the Communists! “, to which the latter responds:”Well, and to who you do you play?”.”
The same question should be the Deputy Lequén: who makes the game? Will you be able to defend the police station lies or endorse the deployment of the jungle command? Will it be able to defend the predation by the forest environment? I think his words are clairvoyant in the regard.
Ad portas of the interpellation to Chadwick, authorities and organizations representing the mapuche world have delivered newen and support to Mrs Emilia Nuyado, independent of their militancy to the Socialist Party.
The Deputy will have the difficult task of specifying the removal of the cousin of President Piñera. Difficult, because apparently the members of Christian democracy, faithful to its tradition of betraying the interests of the people and democracy, have agreed with the Government no dismissal of the Minister of the Interior.
With this fait accompli, the DC makes us remember the phrase from Sandro Pertini: “sometimes in life need to know to fight not only without fear, but also without hope”.
Santiago Mathieu-Mariangel
graduated from law, U. Chile

Original source in Spanish