The Steel Crown

The Steel Crown is the journal of the North American Araucanian Royalist Society. It is the only source of reliable, English-language information regarding the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia.

Some sample articles from back issues of The Steel Crown:

Monkey Puzzle Tree Harvest by William Moult. This article discusses the pine nut harvests in Araucania.
Ethnomaniac's Bucket of Bile by Fernando de Pierris. This article reviews Francois Lepot's 1995 work, El Rey de Araucania y Patagonia.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Guinea Fowl, by Prince Philippe d'Araucanie is a translation of portions of a cookbook written by the Head of the Royal House of Araucania.
The Council of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia, by Don Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para, Baron of San Pedro de Hueyusco. This article offers an inside view of one of the surviving institutions of the Araucanian monarchy.
The Opera of Guillermo Frick and the Araucanian National Anthem by Dan Morrison. This article investigates the fabled opera about Orelie-Antoine de Tounens and its status as the Araucanian National Anthem.

Back Issues Available:

No. 1 -- NAARS founded; Manifesto of Orelie-Antoine; Araucanian bibliography; R. B. Cunninghame Graham and Mogreb-el-Acksa
No. 2 -- Death of Pedro de Valdivia; The Succession to the Araucanian-Patagonian Throne, by Dr. Norberto de Castro y Tosi; John Wilkinson and the 1967 Houston Ball Debacle; Araucanian Numismatics; Memories of Arauco, by Fernando de Pierris; Music Fit for a King: Guillermo Frick
No. 3 -- Museum of the Kings of Araucania; Legal Process of Abolition of Collective Property: The Mapuche Case, by Dr. Jorge Calbucura; Regarding Some Notable Ancestors of Prince Philippe, by Baron Serge de Benigsen; Temuco-Wallmapuche Declaration on NAFTA; Among the Mapuche Indians of Araucania, by Robert Young; The Mapuche Seek New Aliances: King Orelie-Antoine, by Jose Bengoa
No. 4 -- A Visit with Prince Philippe; THe Memory of Orelie-Antoine, by Huichacurha Marhique; Mapuche History Hijacked by Huincas, by Marhiquewun; Orders and Decorations of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia, by R. Stiot
No. 5 -- The Royal Araucanian Wedding; Prince Philippe's 70th Birthday; Numismatic Legacy of the Royal House of Araucania and Patagonia, by Serge Huard -- Part 1; Extinction of the Araucanians in Chile, by Prof. Dr. R. A. Philippi; Vive Le Roy! by A. F. Tschiffely; Treaties Between the Mapuche and the Spanish Crown and the Republics of Argentina and Chile, by Miguel ALfonso Martinez; Seals and Arms Associated with the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia
No. 6 -- The Death of Orelie-Antoine; Review of Lepot's El Rey de Araucania y Patagonia; Prince Philippe's Guinea fowl cookbook; Monkey puzzle tree harvest; Numismatic Legacy of the Royal House of Araucania and Patagonia, by Serge Huard -- Part 2
No. 7 -- Order of the Steel Crown; Interview with Floriano Cariqueo Colpihueque; Interview with Prince Philippe; Flags of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia and the Mapuche Nation; Jean Francois Mouneix: descendant of Marie, Sister of King Orelie-Antoine; Numismatic Legacy of the Royal House of Araucania and Patagonia, by Serge Huard -- Part 3; Detention of Pedro Angelo Tappa, by Fernando de Pierris
No. 8 -- Council of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia, by Don Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para; THe Araucanians, from Harper's Magazine, October 1855; Religious Wedding of Prince Philippe and Princess Elisabeth; Social Singing Among the Mapuche, by Mischa Titiev; King of Araucania and Herbal Medicine, by A. Dujarric-Descombes
No. 9 -- Venerable Ceferino Namuncura; Royal Order of Queen Laure-Therese; Modern Mapuche Cookery; Opera of Guillermo Frick
No. 10 -- Obituary of Richard B. Shull; News from NAARS; House of King Achille Demolished; Simon de Schryver on King Achille; Constellations of the Wind, a poem by Prince Philippe; Annual message to the Mapuche Nation from Prince Philippe; review of Rebels, Pretenders and Impostors; Trial of Jacques-Antoine Bernard; Prince Philippe addresses Mapuche conference in London; Indigenous Truth Commission gets underway.
No. 11 -- SOLD OUT. Mapuche National Holidays Established; Prince Philippe Golden Jubilee Medal Created; Abdication of Jacques-Antoine Bernard; Kingdom of Araucania Attracts Attention of London Financial Markets; Karl F. von Frank's article on the Dynasty of Orelie-Antoine; Prince Philippe's New Year Address to the Mapuche Nation.
No. 12 -- Medal of Honor Awarded to Jose Lincoqueo and Pedro Cayuqueo; Nitrate Token Erroneously Attributed to Orelie-Antoine I; Prince Philippe's Biography in Who's Who in France; A Letter from Orelie-Antoine to the Editor of The Chavivari; Letter Regarding the Kingdom of Araucania in The Times of London, 1873; The Case for Mapuche Sovereignty.

Four-issue subscription to The Steel Crown is US$20 for North American addresses and US$30 for all others. Sample copies are available for US$5 in North America and US$8 for all others.

To order, send cash or check drawn on a US bank, to:

Daniel Morrison, M. Phil., General Secretary
North American Araucanian Royalist Society
205 Loetscher Place, Suite 1-A
Princeton, NJ 08540
USA

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