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Carib

Member 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.
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7 million capacity building project, launched in the Carib Territory of Dominica is expected to provide several benefits for the Kalinago people, reports Caribbean Net News (Jan.
Project for indigenous people by Caribbean Update
But in Dominica the Kalinago people, (Caribs is what they were called, Kalinago is what they call themselves) were granted a reservation in 1903 by the British, and so managed to preserve something of their way of life.
Windward bound by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Americas salutes this initiative by dedicating its June issue to the people of the Caribbean, who the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and current president of CARICOM, Ralph Gonsalves, describes as "the rhythm of Africa, the melody of Europe, the chords of Asia, and the songs of the Kalinago and the Garifuna.
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