Nele Kantule
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Nele Kantule Iguibilikinya (1868–1944) was a famous chief and medicine man of the Guna[1] indigenous tribe of Panama.
Biography
[edit | edit source]He was born in Putorgandi, in what is today Ustupu Island, Panama. He was a leader of the Guna from early in the twentieth century until his death.[2]
His life was described by Erland Nordenskiöld, in his 1938 book on the Guna, An historical and ethnological survey of the Cuna Indians.[3][4][5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Formerly spelled Kuna or Cuna.
- ^ 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.
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- The University of Texas Press
- (in German) Indianer-wiki page
- Nele Kantule at the Museum of World Culture
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