Mapuche Student Federation
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Mapuche Student Federation ( abbr. FEMAE) is a nation wide students' union
of indigenous Mapuche
students in Chile
. The union includes both university and secondery school students. José Ancalao (also spelled Ankalao) has often served as representative of the Mapuche Student Federation and has been FEMAE's spokesperson during the ongoing 2011 Chilean protests
.
Students' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
of indigenous Mapuche
Mapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
students in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. The union includes both university and secondery school students. José Ancalao (also spelled Ankalao) has often served as representative of the Mapuche Student Federation and has been FEMAE's spokesperson during the ongoing 2011 Chilean protests
2011 Chilean protests
The 2011 Chilean protests,Chilean Winter or Chilean Education Conflict are a series of ongoing student-led protests across Chile, demanding a new framework for education in Chile, including more direct state participation in secondary education and an end to the existence of profit...
.