Peace Corps Volunteers at work in Chile

A Mapuche woman and man standing with their oxen and cart, Chile
Mapuche woman and man, who are indigenous Chilean inhabitants.
Peace Corps Volunteer Barbara Honer dances with Mapuche villagers, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Barbara Honer worked with the Mapuche community, Chile, 1968.
Peace Corps Volunteer Bill Davis does a Mapuche dance with his neighbors, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Bill Davis 1965-1967 worked in rural community development projects in the campo near Lautaro. Davis worked with reforestation and the improvement of rabbit raising methods projects in 1967.
Peace Corps Volunteer Clare Palmer holds a puppy and poses with a woman holding a baby, Toconao, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Clare Palmer 1966-1968 worked in rural community development with women in Toconao, helping them market their handicrafts.
Peace Corps Volunteer Gage Skinner in traditional dress sitting with Mapuche peoples, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Gage Skinner served in Chile between 1964-1966 under the supervision of the Dirección de Asuntos Indígenas (DAI). Skinner helped start the successful Mapuche beekeeping venture and proposed marketing the sticks and balls from the traditional Mapuche game of chueca, which sold out in Temuco. Next came drums, flutes, wooden masks, and cradle boards. Profits from the sales went one-quarter to the crafts person and the rest to the Reducción Quetrahue's women's organization for the purchase of wool and dye for weaving projects. After the Peace Corps, Skinner became a cultural anthropologist, with a specialty in Native American studies. Skinner eventually donated his extensive collection of Mapuche arts and crafts to San Diego's Museum of Man.
Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhue displays Mapuche weavings and handicrafts at a conference, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhueworked with Mapuche weavers and wood carvers in Llama Volcano and Laguna Iclama regions to sell their crafts to supplement income. The Mapuche women of this region make traditional blankets, mantas, saddlebags, belts, and the Ski Llama vest. Mapuche men of this region make musical instruments and small wooden carvings.
Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhue leads a meeting with Mapuche weavers, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Gail Bakken Goodhue worked with Mapuche weavers and wood carvers in the Llama Volcano and Laguna Iclama regions to sell their crafts to supplement income. The Mapuche women of this region make traditional blankets, mantas, saddlebags, belts, and the Ski Llama vest. Mapuche men of this region make musical instruments and small wooden carvings.
Peace Corps Volunteer Lynne Alper and Mapuche children holding a kitten on the Reducción Quetrahue, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Lynn Alper 1967-1969 worked in rural community development, and helped Mapuche women on the Reducción Quetrahue (Quetrahue Reservation) market their weavings.
Peace Corps Volunteer Lynne Alper and Mapuche children holding a kitten on the Reducción Quetrahué, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteer Lynn Alper worked on rural community development projects at the Reducción Quetrahué. She and Dan Alper replaced Gage Skinner in Quetrahué, and helped the weavers expand their market, 1968.
Peace Corps Volunteers John Buzenberg and Gail Bakken Goodhue meet with the Artesania Araucana Instituto Indígena, Icalma, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteers John Buzenberg and Gail Bakken Goodhue worked with Mapuche artisans in Icalma. John Buzenberg worked with the Artesania Araucana Instituto Indígena in Temuco to set up an artisan sales area. Gail Bakken Goodhue worked with Mapuche weavers and wood carvers in the Llaima Volcano and Laguna Iclama regions to sell their crafts to supplement incomel, 1967
Peace Corps Volunteers Pat Weidner and Jim Olenhauser show a forestry film to the Mapuche members of the community, Puerto Domínguez, Chile
Peace Corps Volunteers Pat Widner and Jim Olenhauser worked in rural community development in reforestation and road construction projects near Puerto Domínguez, 1966.