Kuna - Kuna (English spelling)

Japanese: クナ - くな（英語表記）Cuna

Indians of Panama. Population: 30,580 (1972). Divided into two groups: those living on the mainland and those living on the San Blas Islands. On the mainland, they live in the upper reaches of the rivers that flow into the Pacific coast, in the hills of eastern Panama, in the lower reaches of the Atrato River, and on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Urabá. The Kuna of the San Blas Islands live on the islands on the Caribbean side between the Gulf of San Blas and Cape Tiburon. The area inhabited by them has gradually shrunk since the conquest period, and continues to do so to this day. Around 1540, they began to come into contact with Europeans and blacks, and as more and more were made slaves, they fled up the rivers.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

パナマのインディオ。人口3万0580(1972)。大陸部とサン･ブラス諸島に住むものとに二分される。大陸部では太平洋岸にそそぐ川の上流，パナマ東部の丘陵地，アトラト川下流域，ウラバー湾の東部海岸に分布する。サン･ブラス諸島のクナはサン･ブラス湾とティブロン岬の間のカリブ海側の島々に住んでいる。征服期以降居住領域は徐々に縮小し，現在に至っている。1540年頃からヨーロッパ人や黒人との接触が始まり，奴隷にされる者が増え，川の上流へと逃れていった。

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