Nele Kantule
Chief of indigenous Kuna people
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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
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]
