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Cunco people

For the municipality in Chile, see Cunco, Chile.

Cuncos, Juncos[A] or Cunches[B] is a poorly known subgroup of Huilliche people native to coastal areas of southern Chile and the nearby inland.[C] Mostly a historic term, Cuncos are chiefly known for their long-running conflict with the Spanish during the colonial era of Chilean history.

Cuncos cultivated maize, potatoes and quinoa and raised chilihueques.[3][4] Their economy was complemented by travels during spring and summer to the coast where they gathered shellfish and hunted sea lions. They were said to live in large rukas.[3]

Cuncos were organized in small local chiefdoms forming a complex system intermarried families or clans with local allegiance.[5]

  1. ^ Hervás y Panduro 1800, p. 127.
  2. ^ de Moesbach, Ernesto Wilhelm (2016) [1944]. Voz de Arauco (in Spanish). Santiago: Ceibo. p. 56. ISBN 978-956-359-051-7.
  3. ^ a b Alcamán 1997, p. 32.
  4. ^ Urbina 2009, p. 44.
  5. ^ Alcamán 1997, p. 47.


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