The were a nomadic people, whose livelihood was based on
hunting, mainly birds, complemented with gathering berries,
fungi and wild roots; along with some marine products. Their
perfected and elaborated arrowheads, more efficient than those
of their predecessors, are one of their special characteristics.
The Selk'nam people are supposed to have been related to the
Aonikenk or southern Tewelche people by a common branch, from
which the first might have separated, occupying Tierra del
Fuego. Selk'nam is the name used by the nomadic people of Tierra
del Fuego to identify their people and their culture. That is
why this denomination is privileged, since the name Ona was
given to them by the Yagán people and became popular after the
colonization of the Austral territory, it did not come from the
Selk´nam themselves. This culture possessed a wide and diverse
spiritual world manifested in ceremonies such as the Hain, a
ritual initiation for adolescent males, in which certain secrets
tending towards the preservation