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Nele Kantule

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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.

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Nele Kantule (sitting) in 1927

Biography

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]

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