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ASSOCIATION KARUKINKA FRANCE - LA DERNIÈRE TERRE DES HOMMES

ASSOCIATION KARUKINKA FRANCE - LA DERNIÈRE TERRE DES HOMMES

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Founded ten years ago, the Karukinka association has carried out numerous activities, including expeditions and, in 2019, organizing the first-ever visit to France of members of the indigenous peoples of southern Patagonia. In 2024 and 2025, we wish to develop the ideas that emerged from these exchanges and give these peoples direct and sustained access to archives held in France that contain valuable information about the history of the Yaghan, Haush, and Selk'nam peoples. This project titled "Voces de las abuelas" can be discovered here. The Karukinka association is affiliated with the French Sailing Federation and is offering sailing courses in Norway and Scotland from 2024 onwards to fund its activities and guarantee the realization of projects in favor of indigenous peoples. Aware of the difficulties faced by laboratories, researchers, and creators, Karukinka does everything it can to help and support fieldwork activities. Because it is often very difficult to obtain the necessary funding for research in polar and subpolar environments, we are committed to ensuring that funds generated from private sailing expeditions are reinvested to support projects. With a constant…

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