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Siuna, Nicaraga History

 

·      Written History of Siuna, Nicaragua – History of Siuna I wrote thanks to a Fulbright scholarship.

 

·      Photos of Siuna courtesy of Jim Drebert – An amazing photo collection from the Drebert family of Siuna during the “company times” of the mid-20^th century.

 

·      Paramount Newsreel – 1946 Newsreel “Town Survives by Jet Plane!” describing how airplanes supplied Siuna during the company times. In English with Spanish subtitles. Thanks very much to SPPN Images for finding this footage!

 

·      Another Version of the Newsreel

 

·      Music at the La Luz Gold Mine in the 1960s – A video Tupac Aviles and I made about the music of Amos Johnson in Siuna during the 1960s.

 

 

Photo of a ninety-nine year-old Don Nicholas and I in Limbaika in 2009. Don Nicholas worked in the underground mine in Siuna. He is examining some copies of the Drebert Family photos I gave him.

 

By Benjamin Jastrzembski