A member of an indigenous people of northwestern Argentina, or the language spoken by this group.
From Quechua and indigenous Andean language roots; 'Calchaquí' refers to the Calchaquí people and the Calchaquí Valleys region in Argentina, with unclear exact etymological components.
The Calchaquí people resisted Spanish conquest so fiercely for over 100 years that they earned a reputation as the 'unconquerable valley people'—their name is inseparable from Indigenous resistance!
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