Chono people
The Chono, or Guaiteco were a nomadic indigenous people or group of peoples of the archipelagos of Chiloé, Guaitecas and Chonos.
Reconstruction of a dalca, the boat used by the Chono people | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| extinct | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Chile: Chiloé Archipelago | |
| Languages | |
| Chono language? | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional tribal religion, converts to Catholicism eventually assimilated in Chiloé and Calbuco | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Payos? Kawésqar? |
The Chono people lived as hunter-gatherers traveling by canoe.
Much of what is known from Spanish sources on Chonos is filtered by a Huilliche worldview, as Huilliches and Huilliche language was used to communicate with Chonos.
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