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Pampas Peoples (Ranquel & Puelche)

1536 – present
Native nationSouth America

Mounted lords of the grassland, the Ranquel of Leuvucó and the Salinas Grandes confederations who raided the colonial frontier and held the open pampa for a century.

Their independent toldería confederations were crushed in the 1879 Conquest of the Desert; lands seized and peoples scattered, with Ranquel descendants persisting in La Pampa province to 2026.

Borders in 2026 · drawn from 4 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 4 border frames for Pampas Peoples (Ranquel & Puelche) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1536 · 1600 · 1780 · 1879.

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