Kuna Indians

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Kuna Indians

on the

San Blas Islands

 

Kuna women

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Kuna, also known among themselves as the Tule, Native South American group of the Chibchan language family and of Panama. They now inhabit part of the country's northern shore and the neighboring San Blas Archipelago. In former times the Kuna occupied the greater part of the Isthmus of Panama. Cases of hereditary albinism among the Kuna have given rise to legends of white Native Americans.

 

method of building a house
 

 

notched log stairs

notched log stairs are made with the most basic of tools
and instead of rushing to the hardware store or an equipment leasing business
the Kuna use man made tools for all their building needs

log detail

 

village "meeting house"
(where all gather to hear the stories and advice of the elders)

 

flags are for the various political parties

 

the cayuco
(dug out from a single tree)

 

pig in a pen, raised for food

 

the toilet over the water

 

a Kuna woman

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the leg wrappings

 

woman and baby

 

preparing coconuts brought back by boat

 

Achutupo village

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in the Ailigandi village

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