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Where did the Tehuelche traditionally live?

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distribution of aboriginal South American and circum-Caribbean cultural groups — South American nomad Distribution of aboriginal South American and circum-Caribbean cultural groups.

The Tehuelche people traditionally inhabited the Patagonian plains of South America. Their territory extended from the Negro River in the north to the Strait of Magellan in the south.12

These indigenous people were divided into northern and southern branches, with the northern groups historically classified as horse nomads who exploited the brush-covered steppes of the region. Today, they are recognized as a Chonan people primarily associated with southern Argentina.13