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CaribMember of a group of American Indian people of the north coast of South America and the islands of the southern West Indies in the Caribbean. Those who moved north to take the islands from the Arawak Indians were alleged by the conquering Spaniards to be fierce cannibals. In 1796, the English in the West Indies deported most of them to Roatan Island, off Honduras. Carib languages belong to the Ge-Pano-Carib family. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| By contrast, the Carib Indians constituted a more familiar missionary problematic: a "heathen" people, with a shared language and relatively intact social structure. Native Carib Indians believed that certain trees and tree species were the homes of spirits. As described in the afterword, much research was devoted to the sources of the tale and to the history, customs, and lifestyle of the Karina, called Carib Indians by Columbus; the illustrations, which depict the physical world of the Karina, reflect careful research as well. |
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