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Miskitus visit the United States.

Angela Russell (Crow from Billings, Montana)
traveled to Central America with a group
of North American Indians in the spring of
1985 on a trip sponsored by the American
Friends Service Committee. Following are some
of her thoughts on her…

At least 20 Miskitu Indians were killed in Nicaragua by a group of recontras most likely looking for boots and food

Indigenous peoples along the Rio Coco that splits the countries of Honduras and Nicaragua have been subjugated to unequal land and resource agreements. Because of the Sandinista government and the Nicaraguan civil war, indigenous peoples in the area…