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Historicizing Miskitu Green Turtle Knowledge

Historicizing Miskitu Green Turtle Knowledge. Christopher Jordan CLACS Symposium 04/22/2010. Pre-European Contact: Before ~AD 1500. Oscar Theodor Turtle fisherman, Kakabila RAAS. Buccaneer Trade: ~AD 1612-AD 1641. William Dampier. English Buccaneer

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Historicizing Miskitu Green Turtle Knowledge

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  1. Historicizing Miskitu Green Turtle Knowledge Christopher Jordan CLACS Symposium 04/22/2010

  2. Pre-European Contact: Before ~AD 1500

  3. Oscar TheodorTurtle fisherman, Kakabila RAAS

  4. Buccaneer Trade: ~AD 1612-AD 1641 William Dampier • English Buccaneer • Author of A New Voyage Round the World: • “Their (the Miskitu) chiefest Employment in their own Country is to strike Fish, Turtle, and Manatee…For this they are esteemed and coveted by all Privateers; for one or two of them in a Ship, will maintain 100 Men…” (15)

  5. The English and Cayman Islander Traders: AD 1641-AD 1960s

  6. The Foreign Companies: AD 1969-AD 1977 • Frescamar • Tortugas S.A. • Overharvest

  7. Wartime:1981-1990 Conservation? Contras Sandinistas

  8. Neoliberalism and Initial Autonomy:1987-2000s Foreign Fleets Increasing Harvests

  9. “Storing” Turtles until Market Day

  10. Thank you: Dr. Robert Blake – CLACS Drs. Daniel Kramer, Gerald Urquhart, Andrea Allen, Aaron McCright National Science Foundation CHANS/GRFP Dr. Linda Kalof – Animal Studies

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