In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chiquichano and the second or maternal family name is Nahuelquir.
Rosa Laudelina Chiquichano Nahuelquir (born 30 August 1947)[1] is an Argentine lawyer and politician of Tehuelche-Mapuche descent who served as Deputy for the province of Chubut between 2007 and 2011.[2] When assuming the position, she became the first member of the Tehuelche people to take a seat in the National Congress.[3][4]
Early life and education
Chiquichano was born on 30 August 1947.[5] Her great-great-grandfather was Tehuelche cacique Juan Chiquichano, and her great-grandfather, also a cacique, was Adolfo Nahuelquir Chiquichano.[6]
She was alternate councilor in Trelew and served as provincial legislator from 2003[8] until the 2007 legislative elections, she was elected national deputy to occupy second place in the Front for Victory list. She was sworn in on 5 December of that year, wearing a quillango (traditional garment of guanaco leather) and giving a speech in Tehuelche language.[9]
In the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation, she was second vice president of the commission of cooperative, mutual and non-governmental organizations, and member of the commissions of constitutional affairs, vocal culture, human rights and guarantees, population and human development, and natural resources and conservation of the human environment.[10] In the position she was also a deputy to the Latin American Parliament.[11]
Since leaving office, she has continued to fight for the rights of local indigenous communities in Chubut, especially those of the Trevelin area.[12] She has also taught classes on environmental law at her alma mater.[13] Her son, Augusto Ferrari Chiquichano, is a politician and has served as a councillor in Esquel.[14]