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<b>THE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE</b> <br>
<b>W</b>ith the arrival of<b> Spanish conquerors</b>, the indigenous peoples
chances to develop their culture were cut short. Only some of them managed to
survive the changes imposed upon them by historical evolution. <br>
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<font color="#990000"><b>In the Northwest</b><br>
<img width=15 height=19 vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0 align=BASELINE src="../iconos/b88p.gif">The
<b>Diaguita</b> culture was the most complex and numerous of <b>aboriginal populations</b>.
About <b>200,000 natives</b> compounded this people when the <b>Spaniards</b>
arrived. They engaged in <b>farming</b>, building <b>canals in order to water
their corn, pumpkin and kidney bean crops</b>. They adored Sun, thunder and
lightning. They had similar leaderships to the caciques’ chieftancy and their
families were monogamous. <br>
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<font color="#990000"><b>In the sierras</b><br>
<img width=15 height=19 vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0 align=BASELINE src="../iconos/b88p.gif">In
the area of central sierras, the <b>Comechingones</b> and the <b>Sanavirones</b>
had settled down. They lived by hunting, gathering and fishing, they grew corn,
kidney beans and pumpkin. They adored the Sun and the Moon. <br>
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