The (bad named) Mapuche conflict

First of all I think it’s necessary to clarify the name of this conflict. When you speak about “Mapuche conflict” you’re saying that they have a problem among them and that’s not true. They have a problem with the Chilean state and the government, because of lots of particular demands. I think than this has been a problem since the independence and colonization years and even that it could sound like an “old problem”, it’s just a reflect about how badly they have been treated.
My opinion about the -badly named- Mapuche conflict is that it’s a national problem so it should concern all of us. They are claiming for their rights and want to be owners of their spaces to manage them however they want to do it.
I think “the coin” has two sides: The first one is that the Chilean State was conformed with an unreal nation, I mean all the Republican project was made by a minority that claimed that everyone in this territory would be Chilean (and that includes mapuche people). Even that the republican dream could have worked the political class never knew how to include mapuche into this new Chilean nation. On the other side, I also think than mapuche would have never recognized them as a different nation because they also have some benefits from the Chilean state. So I think that the right way to solve this problem would be recognized them as a different nation. That means to recognize that they have a different culture and that they are able to decide how they want to use their territories.
The last few months were particularly coflictive and the most important proclaim was related to the application of the anti terrorism law to different mapuche leaders. 34 commoners were in a hunger strike for more than 80 days and this caused lots of popular manifestation showing the support to mapuche people.
I think than it’s horrible to have to use something like a hunger strike to defend a fair cause.