Michimalonco

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Michima Lonco
Born	c. 1500 Aconcagua valley
Died	c. 1550
Allegiance	Mapuche people
Service / branch	Picunche people
Rank	Lonko
Battles / wars	Arauco War

Michima Lonco (c. 1500 – c. 1550) (lonco meaning "head" or "chief" in Mapudungun) was a Mapuche chief who ruled as an independent sovereign over the territory of the Aconcagua, Mapocho and Maipo valleys. He freed the Picunche (northern mapuches) from Inca rule and he put up tenacious resistance to the conquest of their territories by the Spanish Empire. He presented himself to the Spaniards, naked and covered by a black pigmentation.^[1]