Kalinago
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1. Kalinago - Noun
2. Kalinago - Proper noun
Meaning
Kalinago (plural Kalinagos or Kalinago)
A member of an indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles.
Kalinago
The extinct Arawakan language of these people.
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Amerindians Dominica is the only Eastern Caribbean island that still has a population of pre-Columbian native Caribs (also known as Kalinago ), who were exterminated or driven from neighbouring islands.
And for a people of African, European, East Indian, Lebanese, Kalinago and Chinese heritage, we really don’t have any grounds to discriminate against any race, colour or creed.
The Kalinago Chief holds office for five (5) years unless he or she resigns of his or her own accord or is removed from office.
“The Roseau Valley has been assigned one 100 of those…we have assigned some 200 to the Kalinago Territory, in Colihaut some 70 or so, and every community will benefit, in Marigot about 40 of them,” Mr. Skerrit said.
In 1626, after a secret meeting with Kalinago heads from neighbouring Waitikubuli ( Dominica ) and Oualie (Nevis), it was decided that in a secret raid they would ambush the European settlements.
Saint Kitts, 1623 to 1700 European illustration of the Kalinago people: engraving from British cartographer John Hamilton Moore's book Voyages and Travels (1778), entitled "Natives of the Caribee, feasting on human flesh".