Selk’nam people

..indigenous peoples of Patagonian region....one of the last native groups in South America to be discovered by Europeans in the late 19c..they were wiped out through genocide..or being transported to Europe to be held in cages in zoos..a shameful episode in history..amongst many.

The full ceremonial get up in the pic..is in someone’s garden down the road from my accommodation…and the second pic is in my accommodation..they dont forget their ancestors over here.Read more