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Guna of Darién

The forest people of Darién — pragmatic allies of buccaneers and Scots against Spain.

Never subdued; autonomous in Darién and San Blas beyond 1800.

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Further reading

• A People Who Would Not Kneel James Howe · 1998

  A history of the Guna (Kuna) of Panama and their long struggle to remain autonomous.

• The Kuna Gathering James Howe · 1986

  An ethnographic study of Guna political life in Darién and San Blas.

Sources

• Guna people — Wikipedia