Charrua
Formerly a
tribe in southern
South America, the
Charrúa were slowly killed and integrated into the prevailing cultures of
Uruguay, northeastern
Argentina and southern
Brazil following the arrival of
European settlers. There are few full-blooded Charrúa remaining, though physical traces of their ancestry are sometimes noted in the inhabitants of their former strongholds. The Charrúa are considered likely to have killed
Spanish explorer
Juan Díaz de Solís during his 1515 voyage up the
Río de la Plata.
There is a monument in
Montevideo, Uruguay, depicting
Tacuabe, one of the four Charrúas that were taken to
France in 1833.
The
Uruguay national football team is nicknamed "The Charrúas". According to the Argentine census 2001, there are 676 Charrua of mixed blood living in the province of Entre Rios.
