thumb|Nele Kantule (sitting) in 1927

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.

References

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
  • The University of Texas Press
  • Indianer-wiki page
  • Nele Kantule at the Museum of World Culture