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.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amerindian people
ⓘ
Cariban people ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Island Caribs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | endangered culture ⓘ |
| currentPopulationCenter | Kalinago Territory, Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| encounteredBy |
British colonizers
ⓘ
Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ French colonizers ⓘ Spanish colonizers ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Kalinago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exonym |
Caribs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Island Caribs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAutonomousArea | Kalinago Territory, Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfDominance |
early colonial period
ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| historicalPopulationCenter |
Antigua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barbuda NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ Grenada NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadeloupe NERFINISHED ⓘ Martinique NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Lucia NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Vincent NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinidad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | fierce warriors ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | resistance to European colonization in the Lesser Antilles ⓘ |
| partOf | Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | indigenous people of Dominica ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Arawak people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Garifuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Mainland Caribs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism ⓘ animism ⓘ shamanism ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft |
basket weaving
ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ wood carving ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | communal houses ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage |
Island Carib language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalinago language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Leeward Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lesser Antilles NERFINISHED ⓘ Windward Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.