TY - JOUR
T1 - The Sambo and Tawira Miskitu
T2 - The colonial origins and geography of Intra-Miskitu differentiation in eastern Nicaragua and honduras
AU - Offen, Karl H.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - 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 research among British, Spanish, Moravian church, Nicaraguan, and U.S. archival sources. Findings suggest that a salient yet paradoxically overlooked dynamic of Miskitu ethnohistory was the geographically circumscribed animosity between the Sambo and Tawira Miskitu.
AB - 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 research among British, Spanish, Moravian church, Nicaraguan, and U.S. archival sources. Findings suggest that a salient yet paradoxically overlooked dynamic of Miskitu ethnohistory was the geographically circumscribed animosity between the Sambo and Tawira Miskitu.
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U2 - 10.1215/00141801-49-2-319
DO - 10.1215/00141801-49-2-319
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036018033
SN - 0014-1801
VL - 49
SP - 319
EP - 372
JO - Ethnohistory
JF - Ethnohistory
IS - 2
ER -