Nele Kantule
Nele Kantule Iguibilikinya (1868–1944) was a famous chief and medicine man of the Kuna indigenous tribe of Panama and Colombia.
Biography
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]
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
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