Yes, they do! :) They also live in the yellow submarine! :)

Before Incas moved into parts of the Atacama, the Atacameno tribe inhabited parts of the Desert. Few of the tribe remain today and those few have lost the native language.

The Atacameno Indians still number about 24,000 individuals according to one source but have been largely assimilated by the Spanish and Aymara cultures so few full-blooded individuals exist today and even fewer continue to live in the desert.

The Incas moved into parts of Chile, including the Atacama Desert. The Atacameno tribe was already living in the desert prior to the arrival of the Incas. There are also a number of cities along the Chilean coast as well as some smaller towns in mining areas.

I am sure the name was given to the desert by some ancient tribe in the area and the meaning is now lost. The Atacameno tribe took its name from the area but we do not know if they were the ones to name the desert or if they simply were given the name because they lived in the desert that already had that name.