El censo indígena de 1907-1908: un episodio de expoliación burocrática en Futahuillimapu

This article presents and contextualises a set of around 2,000 forms derived from the indigenous census carried out during the summer of 1907 and 1908 in Futahuillimapu, the territory between the Bueno River and the Reloncaví Sound (Chile). The process was mandated by the Comisión Radicadora de Indígenas (Indigenous Settlement Commission)—which until then had not operated in the area—and carried out by Bavarian Capuchin missionaries. Now in the custody of the Araucanía Regional Archive, this documentary collection offers new perspectives on the history of the impoverishment and social destructuring of the Mapuche-Huilliche population, a consequence of the process of spoliation associated with the colonisation of this region.