Carib peoples

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The Carib peoples are indigenous groups of the Caribbean and northern South America known for their distinct cultural traditions, seafaring skills, and historical encounters with European colonizers.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
colonialReputation cannibalism ⓘ
fierce warriors ⓘ
culturalPractice body painting ⓘ
ritual warfare ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
encountered Dutch colonizers ⓘ
English colonizers ⓘ
French colonizers ⓘ
Spanish colonizers ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Caribbean ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
historicalPopulationDeclineCause disease ⓘ
enslavement ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
knownFor canoe building ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
seafaring skills ⓘ
warrior traditions ⓘ
nativeTo Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Guianas ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
presentInCountry Dominica ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to: British Guiana

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak

Garifuna ⓘ
Kalinago ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
shamanic beliefs ⓘ
spokeDuringContactPeriod Carib pidgin ⓘ
subgroupOf Cariban peoples ⓘ
termDerivedInto word "Caribbean" ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean islands

word "cannibal" ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Island Carib language ⓘ
Kalina language ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
usedWatercraft dugout canoes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carib languages → associatedWith → Carib peoples ⓘ
Carib languages → historicallySpokenBy → Island Caribs ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Carib languages → historicallySpokenBy → Mainland Caribs ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Pemon → subgroupOf → Carib peoples ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas → includesEthnicGroup → Carib people ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Kalinago language → ethnicGroup → Island Carib people ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Carib → colonialLabel → Caribs ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
History of the United States Virgin Islands → involvesEthnicGroup → Carib people ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean → includesEthnicGroup → Carib people ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Arekuna → partOf → Carib peoples ⓘ
Pemón → subgroupOf → Carib peoples ⓘ
Santa Rosa Festival → associatedEthnicGroup → Carib people ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Santa Rosa Carib Festival → honors → Carib people ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Kalinago → alternateName → Caribs ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Kari’ña → isPartOf → Carib peoples ⓘ
Kalin’a people → alsoKnownAs → Caribs ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Carib pidgin → usedBy → Carib peoples ⓘ
Venezuelan Carib → ethnicGroup → Carib people ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Kuikuro people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Carib peoples ⓘ
Kalinago people → exonym → Caribs ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Kalinago people → relatedEthnicGroup → Mainland Caribs ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Bakairi people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Cariban peoples ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Kariña → alternativeName → Mainland Caribs ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Kariña → partOf → Carib peoples ⓘ
Coat of arms of Saint Kitts and Nevis → crestElementMeaning → Carib head represents indigenous Carib people ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → historicalInhabitants → Carib people ⓘ
subject linked to: St. Vincent
linked to: Carib peoples