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Nicaraguan canal threatens indigenous community’s way of life
Al Jazeera
Bangkukuk Taik is one of nine indigenous and Afro-descendent communities that make up Nicaragua’s Rama-Kriol territory. The village’s 140 residents live entirely off the land — hunting, fishing and farming yucca, bananas, sugarcane, beans, corn and other crops. It is home to the last fluent speakers of the Rama language.
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