Mapuche people - 2025 ACF Nationals

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This ethnic group is served by the radio station Petü Mongeleiñ, whose name translates to “we’re still alive.” Betiana Colhuan became an activist for these people after being (-5[1])expelled from her home near a sacred rewe space; other activists among this group conduct traditional, parliament-like trawün (“trah-WIN”) assemblies. Hector Llaitul (“yai-TOOL”) leads the militant group CAM, which seeks autonomy for these people. (-5[1])This ethnic group had seven reserved seats at a convention chaired by its member Elisa Loncón, whose left-leaning proposed constitution (10[2]-5[1])was rejected by a September 2022 referendum. (10[3])These (10[2])people’s ideas inspired a 2024 declaration of legal rights for the Biobío river. In October 2024, (10[1])a ceding (10[1])of national park (10[1])land to this group was canceled by Javier Milei’s government. For 10 points, name (10[1])this large indigenous (10[1])group of southern Argentina (10[1])and (10[1])Chile. (10[1])■END■ (10[8]0[1])

ANSWER: Mapuche people [or Araucanos; or Araucanians; prompt on Pehuenche or Lafkenche by asking “what larger group are those people sometimes considered a part of?”]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Matthew Wang	British Columbia	Penn State	27	-5
Moses Kitakule	Columbia A	Rutgers	59	-5
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State	LSE	79	-5
Jakob Myers	Indiana	Stanford	79	10
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford	North Carolina A	Toronto A	79	10
Charles Hang	WUSTL A	Illinois A	86	10
Qingyu Zhang	Florida	UC Berkeley B	86	10
Michael Du	Waterloo A	Chicago A	86	10
Chris Sims	Northwestern	UC Berkeley A	87	10
Ryan Rosenberg	NYU	Yale	87	10
David Bass	Johns Hopkins	MIT	103	10
Micah Colman	Waterloo B	Georgia State	105	10
Truman Hill	Vanderbilt	North Carolina B	108	10
Brian Hoff	Cornell B	RIT	122	10
Adrian Wong	Ottawa	WUSTL B	125	10
Athena Shadden	Texas	Virginia Tech	129	10
Ian Lu	Georgia Tech	Harvard	130	10
Conor Thompson	Iowa State	Toronto C	131	10
Albert Yingzhi Nyang	LSE	Arizona State	132	0
Ani Perumalla	Penn State	British Columbia	132	10
Joey Sun	Toronto B	Chicago B	132	10
Simon Zimmerman	Ohio State	Illinois B	132	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland	Michigan	132	10
Jacky Xu	Cornell A	Minnesota	132	10
Vikshar Athreya	Rutgers	Columbia A	132	10
Anthony Lovegren	UCF	Columbia B	132	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia	Winona State	132	10

Summary

Tournament	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 ACF Nationals	Yes	24	96%	0%	13%	113.00