A Journey into Five Decades of Struggles for Indigenous Self-Determination in the Americas: An Interview with Armstrong A. Wiggins

IntroductionTogether with the Special Issue on “Social Leaders in Colombia” published in the IdeAs Journal No. 17, Laetitia Braconnier Moreno and Laura Cahier met with Armstrong A. Wiggins to discuss his journey as an Indigenous leader and human rights defender. Born in Nicaragua, he is a Mískito I...

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Autors principals: Braconnier Moreno, Laetitia, Cahier, Laura
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: IdeAs 2021
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:IntroductionTogether with the Special Issue on “Social Leaders in Colombia” published in the IdeAs Journal No. 17, Laetitia Braconnier Moreno and Laura Cahier met with Armstrong A. Wiggins to discuss his journey as an Indigenous leader and human rights defender. Born in Nicaragua, he is a Mískito Indian from the village of Karatá, La Moskitia. At the age of 18, he became President of his Karatá community and, in 1972, he became a founding member of AIPROMISU, the first regional Indian organi...