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 (6)

Label Occurrences
Carib peoples canonical 4
Carib people 2
Caribs 1

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 Carib languages
surface form: Cariban 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
British Guiana
surface form: Guyana

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
relatedEthnicGroup Arawak
surface form: Arawak peoples

Garifuna
Kalinago
religion animism
shamanic beliefs
spokeDuringContactPeriod Carib pidgin
subgroupOf Cariban peoples
termDerivedInto Caribbean islands
surface form: word "Caribbean"

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 (10)

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

Carib languages associatedWith Carib peoples
Carib languages historicallySpokenBy Carib peoples
this entity surface form: Island Caribs
Carib languages historicallySpokenBy Carib peoples
this entity surface form: Mainland Caribs
Pemon subgroupOf Carib peoples
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas includesEthnicGroup Carib peoples
this entity surface form: Carib people
Kalinago language ethnicGroup Carib peoples
this entity surface form: Island Carib people
Carib colonialLabel Carib peoples
this entity surface form: Caribs
History of the United States Virgin Islands involvesEthnicGroup Carib peoples
this entity surface form: Carib people