Kalinago
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The Kalinago are an Indigenous Carib-speaking people of the Lesser Antilles and nearby mainland South America, historically known as skilled seafarers and fierce resistors of European colonization.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Carib-speaking people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
European diseases
ⓘ
warfare with Europeans ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Caribs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Island Caribs NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalinago people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalInfluenceOn | Garifuna people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| encountered |
British colonizers
ⓘ
French colonizers ⓘ Spanish colonizers ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
fishing
ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Caribbean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lesser Antilles NERFINISHED ⓘ northern South America ⓘ |
| governingRole |
chief
ⓘ
war leader ⓘ |
| hasTerritory | Kalinago Territory, Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | pre-Columbian Caribbean ⓘ |
| historicalTerritory |
Dominica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grenada NERFINISHED ⓘ Lesser Antilles NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Vincent NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinidad NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal areas of Guyana ⓘ coastal areas of Suriname ⓘ |
| knownFor |
canoe building
ⓘ
resistance to European colonization ⓘ seafaring skills ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Carib language ⓘ |
| populationTrend | decline after European contact ⓘ |
| presentIn |
Dominica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Vincent and the Grenadines NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Indigenous people of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
animism
ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
chiefdoms
ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft |
basketry
ⓘ
canoe carving ⓘ woodcarving ⓘ |
| traditionalCrop |
cassava
ⓘ
maize ⓘ sweet potatoes ⓘ |
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