Rama (people)

Rama (people)

Infobox ethnic group
group=Rama
poptime=:approx. 900
popplace=Nicaragua
rels=predominantly Roman Catholic
langs=Rama, Spanish, Rama Cay Creole
related=Miskito (culturally), Kuna (linguistically)

The Rama are an indigenous people of Nicaragua. The 900 ethnic Rama live within a thirty mile radius of the "Rama Cay" island on the Caribbean coastline [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rma Ethnologue report for language code:rma ] ] .

The Rama are hunters, fishers and agriculturalists growing mainly bananas and white cacao.

The Rama language, which is a Chibchan language related to Maléku language of Costa Rica is considered moribund and only 24 elderly people still speak it fluently.Fact|date=March 2007 However in recent years language revitalization efforts have been made and the Rama community has tried to reclaim their language, with some amount of success.

Rama land rights

The Rama have struggled against the Nicaraguan government and mestizo landowners for rights to their ancestral lands and have joined forces with the other Nicaraguan indigenous groups the Miskito and the Sumo peoples. Particularly the Rama have had to fight against displacement when confronted with the Nicaraguan government's wish to build a cross-isthmian freight corridor. The government allowed American companies to prospect the possibilities for building a railroad which would pass through Rama lands. After this foreign land speculators claimed rights to Rama lands, and have begun logging and exploiting the area's natural resources. Rama resistance to the expropriation of their lands has been met with violence [ [http://search.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ILB/2002/11.html The Effects of Globalisation on Indigenous Communities in Latin America: Case Studies from Nicaragua - [2002 ILB 11; (2002) 5(15) ILB 4 ] ] .

References

External links

* [http://calpi.nativeweb.org/ CALPI an organization of Nicaraguan Indigenous peoples]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rma Information about the Rama at Ethnologue]
* [http://maget.maget.free.fr/Rama/Index6.html Rama Language Project home page]


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