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Origin of invasive Florida frogs traced to Cuba. [PDF]

open access: yesBiol Lett, 2011
Heinicke MP, Diaz LM, Hedges SB.
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Kingship Among the Miskito

American Ethnologist, 1984
The Miskito kings of eastern Nicaragua and Honduras have been described as British puppets whose authority depended solely on their role as middlemen. This paper suggests that the kings also may have been leaders of real stature in their own society, whose legitimacy was based on different cultural conceptions of leadership than those held by the ...
Michael David Olien
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The Miskito Pine Savanna of Nicaragua and Honduras

Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1955
(1955). THE MISKITO PINE SAVANNA OF NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS. Annals of the Association of American Geographers: Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 36-63.
James J. Parsons
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The Miskito Kings and the Line of Succession

Journal of Anthropological Research, 1983
The Miskito Indians dominated eastern Nicaragua during the colonial and republican eras until 1894, when the region came under the control of the Nicaraguan nation. The major native figures of the Miskito Kingdom were the individuals who filled the position of "king." These Miskito kings have been portrayed in the literature as puppets of the English ...
Michael David Olien
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Grisi Siknis in Miskito Culture

1985
Miskito villages line the Atlantic coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras. Nietschmann (1973: 47) estimated the number of Miskito speakers in Nicaragua at 35,000 in the early 1970s, and the population has been increasing. “Miskito” is a cultural category more than a racial one. Long contact with outsiders has resulted in racial mixture with Europeans, creole
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Part Three: Grisi Siknis Among the Miskito

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 1981
(1981). Part three: Grisi Siknis Among the Miskito. Medical Anthropology: Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 445-505.
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Of Kings and Contexts: Ethnohistorical Interpretations of Miskito Political Structure and Function [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, 1986
Recent articles dealing with the Miskito “kings” and Miskito “kingdom” of eastern Nicaragua are reassessed and their conclusions reconsidered. Using the same data, the existence of a Miskito “kingdom” is questioned and the nature of the “kingship” and of
Mary W Helms
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