Mapuche Community, Winka Society and the "Included Third": The Pormas of Paicaví During the 19th and 20th Centuries

Este articulo intenta una reconstruccion historico-estructural del rewe Paicavi y sus lideres durante los siglos XIX y XX. A traves del analisis de las distintas dinamicas que emergen en los diferentes contextos socio-historicos de la relacion mapuche-Estado, se delinea una cierta continuidad en cuanto al papel del lider y sus implicancias con respecto a la comunidad. A partir de datos tanto historicos como etnograficos, se visualiza el liderazgo en funcion de lo que llamamos el "tercero incluido", un mediador y reproductor de la distincion mapuche/winka, que se legitima a traves de un pacto donico.//This paper attempts a historical and structural reconstruction of Paicaví rewe and its leaders during the 19th and 20th centuries. By analyzing several dynamics emerging from various socio-historical contexts of the Mapuche-State relationship, we visualize certain stability in the role of the leader and its implications regarding the community. From both historical and ethnographical data, we construe leadership in terms of what we call the 'included third', a person who is mediating and reproducing the Mapuche/winka distinction, and who is legitimated by a 'gift pact'. [web URL: http://www.revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/RCA/article/viewFile /30614/ 32379]