Writing from Sources

Racial narratives: Miskito and colono land struggles in the Honduran Mosquitia

“…104 Furthermore, colono narratives also construct their rights to live in the Reserve on the basis of their 'productive' land use practices and argue that Miskito land parcels provide evidence of a 'primitive [Miskito] culture'. 105 For a colono farmer from Paru, 'the Miskito are not truly farmers, they only plant yucca and a little plantains' making reference to how Miskito land parcels range from roughly ¼ to six manzanas while colonos estimate their parcels range between two to fourteen manzanas. 106 Miskito crop choices are also subject to pejorative rhetoric from colonos.…”