Though the royal house has been in exile in France for over a century, it has never relinquished its rights under international law. The current head of the Royal House of Araucania and Patagonia is Prince Philippe of Araucania. He maintains close contacts with Mapuche groups both in South America and in Europe. He has spoken before the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous People as a representative of Mapuche people living in Argentina.

It is important to distinguish a state, which is a political apparatus, from a nation, which is a group of people joined by common language, culture and history. While the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia no longer exists and is only an historical memory, the Mapuche nation has preserved its cultural identity in spite of the concerted efforts of colonial and republican governments to either exterminate them -- as happened in Argentina -- or to forcibly incorporate them in a western, European culture -- as continues to happen in Chile through laws designed to destroy Mapuche culture, traditions, land tenure and language. For more information on the Mapuche nation, please visit The Mapuche Nation.

This site is maintained by the North American Araucanian Royalist Society [NAARS], a nonprofit organization founded in 1995. The NAARS promotes awareness of the history of the Kingdom and of the current situation within the Mapuche nation. The NAARS is independent organization and has no official standing with the Mapuche nation, the Royal House of Araucania or the republics of Chile and Argentina.