Amerindian Experience

Argentina was already inhabited by old and developed native tribes when the Spanish

arrived.

The indigenous people's towns existed in the Andes, the plains, and the islands.
Some towns were based around agriculture, livestock, hunting, fishing, gathering fruits,

etc.

Uruguay and Paraná rivers and settled in Río de la Plata.

Mapuches of Chile crossed the neuquina mountain chain in order to form relationships

with Pehuenches and Techuelches.

Native tribes controlled lands in much of Argentina until 1879.
The army owned a line of small forts that tried to limit the movements of the Pampas Indians.
Some Indians routinely raided ranches,capturing cattle and people.
Córdoba, San Luis and Mendoza were dangerous areas due to conflicts with natives.
El Chaco was a region dominated by the indigenous.
The military campaign, Campaña al Desierto included the death of peaceful natives and the forceful resettlement of others.
Native women were enslaved and brought to houses in the cities to do housework and nanny for families.
The defeat of the Indians allowed theArgentine state to gain large amounts of land.
Several indigenous groups practiced irrigated agriculture in the valleys of the eastern Andean foothills.