Kalinago people

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The Kalinago people are an Indigenous Caribbean group historically known as Island Caribs, with a distinct culture and heritage that once dominated many of the Lesser Antilles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people
Cariban people
indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Island Caribs
linked to: Carib
continent North America
culturalHeritageStatus endangered culture
currentPopulationCenter Kalinago Territory, Dominica
encounteredBy British colonizers
Christopher Columbus
French colonizers
Spanish colonizers
ethnonym Kalinago
exonym Caribs
linked to: Carib peoples

Island Caribs
linked to: Carib
hasAutonomousArea Kalinago Territory, Dominica
historicalPeriodOfDominance early colonial period
pre-Columbian era
historicalPopulationCenter Antigua
Barbuda
Dominica
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Martinique
St. Lucia
linked to: Saint Lucia

St. Vincent
Trinidad
historicalReputation fierce warriors
languageFamily Cariban languages
linked to: Carib languages
notableEvent resistance to European colonization in the Lesser Antilles
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean
recognizedAs indigenous people of Dominica
region Caribbean
relatedEthnicGroup Arawak people
linked to: Arawak

Garifuna
Mainland Caribs
linked to: Carib peoples
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
animism
shamanism
traditionalCraft basket weaving
canoe building
wood carving
traditionalHousing communal houses
traditionalLanguage Island Carib language
linked to: Carib pidgin

Kalinago language
traditionalRegion Leeward Islands
Lesser Antilles
Windward Islands
traditionalSubsistence fishing
horticulture
hunting

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Kalinago language ethnicGroup Kalinago people
Santa Rosa Carib Festival honors Kalinago people
Kalinago alternateName Kalinago people
Galibi hasIndigenousCommunity Kalin’a (Carib) people
linked to: Kalinago people
Galibi Nature Reserve associatedWith Kaliña Indigenous people
linked to: Kalinago people
Kalinago Territory, Dominica ethnicGroup Kalinago people
Kalinago Territory, Dominica populationGroup Kalinago (Carib) community
linked to: Kalinago people
Raymond Breton ethnicGroupStudied Kalinago people
Guianan Carib spokenBy Kalina (Carib) people
linked to: Kalinago people