What Really Happened to the Arawaks & Kalinago?

Know Your Caribbean on Instagram: "Today is Kalinago Day, a day to celebrate our Indigenous heritage and the people who have not died out like history books say. Also known by their colonial term ‘Caribs’, the preferred name is Kalinago. Here is where I recieved my Kalinago name - Cachí - meaning the Sun/ Sunshine. Here are 4 facts about the Kalinago : 1. The well loved Caribbean drink Mauby comes from the Kalinago and Taino 2. They have 3 documented languages - 1 for the women, 1 for warrior me

Eco-Cottages | Island Family🇩🇲 on Instagram: "The launch last night by @papillotepress of the new book about the Indigenous Kalinago people of Dominica by Dr. Lennox Honychurch was brilliant! From the back cover: ‘Dominica 🇩🇲 is the only place in the Caribbean where the Kalinago people were able to secure a portion of their own land after all the rest had been taken from them. This book—‘Resistance, Refuge, Revival’—is the Kalinagos’ remarkable story.’ I can’t wait to read it! • Get a copy f

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