About Nele Kantule
Lived 1868 – 1944 (aged 75–76). Nele Kantule was a Panamanian revolutionary and politician.
Nele Kantule Iguibilikinya (1868–1944) was a famous chief and medicine man of the Guna indigenous tribe of Panama.
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.
His life was described by Erland Nordenskiöld, in his 1938 book on the Guna, An historical and ethnological survey of the Cuna Indians.
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Who was Nele Kantule?
chief of indigenous Kuna people
When was Nele Kantule born?
Nele Kantule was born in 1868.
When did Nele Kantule die?
Nele Kantule died on 1 September 1944 in Ustupo.
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Nele Kantule was a revolutionary and politician.
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Nele Kantule was Panamanian.
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