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'''Easter Island''' is a remote, though uncharacteristically large, [[Chile]]an island in the South Pacific 2,237 miles west of [[South America]]. The natives of Easter Island, a [[Polynesia]]n people, refer to their island as Rapa Nui. Europeans refer to it as Easter Island because the Dutch accidentally encountered it on [[Easter]] Sunday, 1722, the day of first European contact.
'''Easter Island''' is a remote, though uncharacteristically large, [[Chile]]an island in the South Pacific 2,237 miles west of [[South America]]. The natives of Easter Island, a [[Polynesia]]n people, refer to their island as Rapa Nui. Europeans refer to it as Easter Island because the Dutch accidentally encountered it on [[Easter]] Sunday, 1722, the day of first European contact.
Easter Island is triangular in shape and roughly 64 square miles in size.
Easter Island is triangular in shape and roughly 64 square miles in size. Chile saved the islanders from extintion.
== History ==
== History ==
In his book <cite>Collapse</cite>, [[Jared Diamond]] has cited Easter Island as a cautionary tale for what happens when a society foolishly squanders its natural resources without regard for the future, a process that admittedly happens much faster in the restricted case of an island.
In his book <cite>Collapse</cite>, [[Jared Diamond]] has cited Easter Island as a cautionary tale for what happens when a society foolishly squanders its natural resources without regard for the future, a process that admittedly happens much faster in the restricted case of an island.
From 1864 to 1868 Eugène Eyraud converted all the island population to [[Catholicism]].
=== Incorporation to Chile ===
=== Incorporation to Chile ===
On September 9, 1888 the Council of Rapanui Chiefs asked the Chilean Navy Captain, Policarpo Toro, to accept the sovereignty of Easter Island without giving up their chieftaincy titles, the ownership of their lands, the validity of their culture and traditions and on equal terms. This known as the "Agreement of Wills".
That day was not imposed a nation over another, it was neither a conquest nor an imposition, the most experienced people, the Rapanui elders, led by Atamu Tekena, offered sovereignty to Chile thinking about the future of the island. The island officially became part of the Chilean patrimony and not a private possession, as it was seen outside the island.
That day was not imposed a nation over another, it was neither a conquest nor an imposition, the most experienced people, the Rapanui elders, led by Atamu Tekena, offered sovereignty to Chile thinking about the future of the island. The island officially became part of the Chilean patrimony and not a private possession, as it was seen outside the island.
[[Category:Chilean Islands]]
[[Category:Chilean Islands]]
[[Category:Oceanian Countries]]