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.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

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