Puelche people
Gününa künä | |
|---|---|
Flag of the Puelche people | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Argentina (Patagonia, Cuyo, and Pampas) | |
| Languages | |
| Historically: Puelche Currently: Spanish · Mapuche | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tehuelche · Selkʼnam · Teushen · Pehuenche |
The Gününa küna (Guennakin), or sometimes Puelche (Mapudungun: pwelche, "people of the east") were Indigenous peoples living east of the Andes Mountains in Chile and Southwest Argentina.
They were annihilated by plagues and epidemics in the late 18th century, with survivors merging into other groups such as the Mapuche, Het, and Tehuelche.