Chaná people

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{{Infobox ethnic group

| group = Chaná people

| native_name = {{plainlist|

• Yañá
• Chañá

}}

| native_name_lang = Chaná

| image = El Chana detail.JPG

| image_caption = Artistic depiction of a Chaná on a building in Montevideo.

| population = unknown

| regions = Argentina, Uruguay

| languages = Chaná

| religions =

| related_groups = Charrúa people, Guaraní people

| footnotes =

}}

Chaná (endonym: Chañá or Yañá) were one of the native nations of Argentina and Uruguay.{{cite web |url=http://www.raicesuruguay.com/raices/sangre_indigena.html |title=Aboriginal blood in Uruguay |author=Renzo Pi Hugarte |publisher=Raíces Uruguay |accessdate=2 February 2015 }} {{in lang|es}} Their native language is Chaná (lantek yañá), which is only remembered by one person, Blas Wilfredo Omar Jaime.

Their culture was previously semi-nomadic. After the arrival of Europeans and the introduction of cattle, they started using leather for dressing.{{cite web |url=http://www.escueladigital.com.uy/historia/precolonial/indigenas.htm#chanas |title=Chanás |publisher=Escuela Digital |accessdate=2 February 2015 }} {{in lang|es}}