The Sambo and Tawira Miskitu: The Colonial Origins and Geography of Intra-Miskitu Differentiation in Eastern Nicaragua and Honduras (EH_49_2)

The Sambo and Tawira Miskitu: The Colonial Origins and Geography of Intra-Miskitu Differentiation in Eastern Nicaragua and Honduras (EH_49_2)

Karl H. Offen

Sambo2002English

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Article of Karl H. Offen published in EthnoHistory, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 319-372: "Identity differentiation between the Sambo and Tawira Miskitu in eastern Nicaragua and northeastern Honduras is examined with respect to African integration, settlement geography, differential relations with British settlers and Spanish officials, neighboring Indians, and market economies for the period 1620 to 1790. Research draws from sixteen months of fieldwork in the Mosquitia from 1994–7 and documentary resear

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SamboTawiraMiskituNicaraguaHondurasEthnoHistoryMosquitiaMiskitu Nation

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