Indigenous territorial claims are a long-standing concern in the history of Latin America. Land and nature have profound meaning in indigenous thinking, which is neither totally understood nor legitimized by the rest of society. This article is aimed at shedding light on this matter by examining the meanings at stake in the territorial claims of the Mapuche people. The Mapuche are an indigenous group in Chile, who are striving to recover their ancestral land. This analysis will be based on the concept of Umwelt, coined by von Uexküll to refer to the way in which species interpret their world in connection with the meaning-making process. Considering the applications of Umwelt to the human being, the significance assigned to land and nature by the Mapuche people emerges as a system of meaning that persists over time and promotes interdependence between people and the environment. On the other hand, the territorial claim of the Mapuche movement challenges the fragmentation between individuals and their space, echoing proposals from human geography that emphasize the role of people in the constitution of places.

土著领土主张是拉丁美洲历史上长期关注的问题。土地和自然在土著思想中具有深远的意义，而其他社会既未完全理解也未将其合法化。本文旨在通过研究马普切人的领土主张中所涉及的含义来阐明这一问题。马普切人是智利的一个土著群体，他们正在努力恢复其祖先的土地。该分析将基于Umwelt的概念，由冯·埃克斯库尔（vonUexküll）创造，意指物种与意义形成过程相关联地解释其世界的方式。考虑到Umwelt在人类上的应用，马普切人对土地和自然的重视作为一种意义系统出现，随着时间的流逝而持续存在，并促进人与环境之间的相互依存。另一方面，马普切运动的领土主张对个人及其空间之间的分裂提出了挑战，呼应了人类地理学中提出的强调人在地方构成中的作用的提议。