TIERRA DEL FUEGO, Jan 12 2010 - While we are getting ready to begin our expedition, and while raising awareness of the cultural and ethnographic heritage of the World's End is an important objective of our project, we learn about a deep but relevant circumstance for the Chilean community, and, more importantly, for the Kawéskar culture.
In 1881 eleven Kawéskar people were taken from Patagonia to be exhibited in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, and in the Berlin zoo. Only four of them returned alive to Chile. The remains of five others were repatriated from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, early in 2010. Upon their return, the president of Chile apologized that the state allowed these indigenous people to be taken out of the country to be treated like animals.
While we are deeply sorry to learn about the fate of these five souls, we are greatful to hear they will finally rest in peace, back in their original land.
For the full story, please take some time to watch the following trailer (spanish) of the documentary "Calafate, Zoológicos Humanos", below.
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