Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean

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cultural group ethnic group indigenous peoples

The Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean are the original inhabitants of the Caribbean islands, including groups such as the Taíno, Kalinago (Carib), and Lucayan, who developed distinct cultures, languages, and societies long before European contact.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Indigenous Caribbean peoples	2
Indigenous peoples of Cuba	1
Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean canonical	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural group ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ indigenous peoples ⓘ
affectedBy	European colonization ⓘ introduced diseases ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture	Chican Ostionoid culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Meillacoid culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostionoid culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Saladoid culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalArea	Circum-Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ
encounteredBy	Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ
experienced	population decline after European contact ⓘ
firstMajorEuropeanContact	1492 ⓘ
heritageRecognizedIn	modern Caribbean national identities ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup	Carib people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ciboney NERFINISHED ⓘ Guanahatabey NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalinago NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucayan NERFINISHED ⓘ Taíno NERFINISHED ⓘ
inhabited	Bahamas NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Antilles NERFINISHED ⓘ Lesser Antilles NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinidad NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	body painting ⓘ canoe building ⓘ ceramic production ⓘ navigation skills ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ woodcarving ⓘ
languageFamily	Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCrops	beans ⓘ cassava ⓘ maize ⓘ squash ⓘ sweet potato ⓘ
originalInhabitantsOf	Caribbean islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
practicedSubsistence	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ
presentInModernStates	Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominican Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Puerto Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Vincent and the Grenadines NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
relatedTo	Indigenous peoples of Central America NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous peoples of South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	animism ⓘ polytheistic beliefs ⓘ
socialOrganization	chiefdoms ⓘ clan-based societies ⓘ
timePeriod	pre-Columbian era ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

indigenous peoples of the Americas → hasSubgroup → Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean ⓘ

subject surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas

Spanish conquest of Cuba → mainBelligerent → Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of Cuba

History of the United States Virgin Islands → involvesEthnicGroup → Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous Caribbean peoples

Caribbean peoples → hasSubgroup → Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous Caribbean peoples