- Nele Kantule
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Nele Kantule Iguibilikinya (1868–1944) was a famous chief and medicine man of the Kuna indigenous tribe of Panama and Colombia.
He was born in Putorgandi, in what is today Ustupu Island, Panama. He was a leader of the Kuna from early in the twentieth century until his death.[1]
His life was described by Erland Nordenskiöld, in his 1938 book on the Kuna, An historical and ethnological survey of the Cuna Indians.[2][3][4]
Iguaibilikinya Nele Kantule was born at Putorgandi...on the mainland coast, not far from present day Ustupu Island, Kuna Yala. The majority Kuna migrated to the islands to get away from the mosquitos.
References
- ^ Charles D. Kleymeyer, Cultural Expression and Grassroots Development: Cases from Latin America and the Caribbean (1994), p. 93.
- ^ Posthumous, editor Henry Wassen.
- ^ Malena Kuss, Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History (2004), p. 214.
- ^ http://www.gutenberg-e.org/gdi01/frames/fgall01.html
Further reading
- Picture-writing and other documents by Néle, paramount chief of the Cuna Indians and Reuben Pérez Kantule, his secretary; published by Erland Nordenskiöld (1928–1930)
- James Howe (1998), A People Who Would Not Kneel: Panama, the United States, and the San Blas Kuna
External links
Categories:- 1868 births
- 1944 deaths
- Kuna people
- Indigenous leaders of the Americas
- Indigenous religious leaders of the Americas
- Panamanian people of Kuna descent
- Panamanian people stubs
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