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Miskito

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Miskito 

an Indian people living mainly in Nicaragua, with a small number in Honduras, and numbering 25,000 to 30,0(X) persons (1970, estimate). Their language belongs to the MiskitoMatagalpan language group. The Miskito, nominally Christians, have preserved their tribal beliefs. The chief occupations are hunting, fishing, farming (bananas, sweet potatoes, and, in some regions, rice and cotton), and gathering rubber. Some Miskito work for very low wages as hired laborers on plantations and in the lumber industry.
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Although the Miskito Indians had used Ojon oil for centuries to condition and protect their hair and skin, it had never been exported.
FASHION & BEAUTY NEWS by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Nicaragua's lobster beds and Caribbean pine experienced a renaissance during the Contra war of the 1980s when shellfish and timber exploitation ceased along the Miskito Coast.
The World Without Us by Federman, Adam / Earth Island Journal
John Julian was a 16-year-old Miskito Indian from southeastern Central America.
The Real Pirates of the Caribbean by USA Today (Magazine)
 
 
 
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