Selkʼnam people

| related = [[Haush people|Haush]], [[Tehuelche people|Tehuelche]], [[Teushen]]

| related = [[Haush people|Haush]], [[Tehuelche people|Tehuelche]], [[Teushen]]

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The '''Selkʼnam''', also known as the '''Onawo''' or '''Ona people''',{{refn|According to [[Lucas Bridges]], the people called themselves ''Selkʼnam'' ('Shilknum'); the [[Yahgan people]] called them ''Ona''.{{cite book |last1=Bridges |first1=E. Lucas |author-link=Lucas Bridges |title=Uttermost Part of the Earth |date=1948 |publisher=Echo Point Books & Media, LLC |isbn=978-1648372810 |page=62 |edition=2022}} [[Charles W. Furlong]] recorded their [[endonym]] as ''Shilkʼeʼnum'' and ''Chʼon'', the latter of which means 'man'.{{sfn|Furlong|1917|p=181}}|group=note}} are an [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous people]] in the [[Patagonia]]n region of southern [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]], including the [[Tierra del Fuego]] islands. They were one of the last native groups in [[South America]] to be encountered by migrant Europeans in the late 19th century.

The '''Selkʼnam''', also known as the '''Onawo''' or '''Ona people''',{{refn|According to [[Lucas Bridges]], the people called themselves ''Selkʼnam'' ('Shilknum'); the [[Yahgan people]] called them ''Ona''.{{cite book |last1=Bridges |first1=E. Lucas |author-link=Lucas Bridges |title=Uttermost Part of the Earth |date=1948 |publisher=Echo Point Books & Media, LLC |isbn=978-1648372810 |page=62 |edition=2022}} [[Charles W. Furlong]] recorded their [[endonym]] as ''Shilkʼeʼnum'' and ''Chʼon'', the latter of which means 'man'.{{sfn|Furlong|1917|p=181}}|group=note}} are an [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous people]] in the [[Patagonia]]n region of southern [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]], including the [[Tierra del Fuego]] islands. They were one of the last native groups in [[South America]] to be encountered by migrant Europeans in the late 19th century.