Dominica's Carib Indians and tourism

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
  • The Caribbean island of Dominica is often confused with the Dominican Republic or simply forgotten about altogether, but it is a place that has its own unique charm. Its known as the Nature Island because of its amazing environment, but its also home to one of the last groups of Carib Indians, the Caribbeans indigenous people. The Caribs lived here before Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas. Since then, their numbers have dwindled to almost zero in much of the region because of years of brutal treatment from the Spanish, French and British - but in Dominica, hope remains. In the early 20th century, when only about 500 Caribs were left, a 3700 acre territory was established for them on the islands east coast. Now they number around 3000. This video looks at the effect tourism has on Carib culture.

Комментарии • 41

  • @CeluiEtSeul
    @CeluiEtSeul 12 лет назад +8

    I'm a Carib/Black mixed from Dominica =D. My mum is a Carib and my dad is black. It feels good being part of this wonderful people. Sure wish I go visit again.

  • @kenyalawrence7868
    @kenyalawrence7868 10 лет назад +7

    Having a Dominican father of Carib descent and living in the UK, I'm glad to hear that people are becoming more interested in the Caribbean, when I'm at school and I say I'm from Dominica people go "Where's that?". It's nice to know people are learning and experiencing

  • @dramadidi
    @dramadidi 10 лет назад +9

    Nice I am from the sister island of dominica which is St.lucia ! im of Amerindian descent also black european and east indian !! thats really nice keeping the culture alive i wish they could do that in all the islands !! but e still have some of their culutre within ours so Vive amerindians !!

    • @seritaavondarcheville9522
      @seritaavondarcheville9522 5 лет назад

      @Brian Figueroa africans didnt come to rape and steal identities, they were brought here against their will, they were victims too. the europeans are the ones to be blamed..at the end of the day we are mixed, we cannot choose..its the different cultures who make us who we are today.

  • @MrPmul3708
    @MrPmul3708 6 лет назад +1

    This country is beautiful , and so much history attached to these islands !! 😃

  • @charlita25
    @charlita25 6 лет назад +3

    Love live Caribs

  • @IamMimiMarie
    @IamMimiMarie 6 лет назад +1

    1:42 so true because my mom Is from Trinidad but she's mix with Portugese, and Carib/St.vinect
    And my dad is From Jamaica and he's Chinese & Jamaican

  • @javimontana817
    @javimontana817 4 года назад

    I desend from the kalingo directly from my great grandmother in Dominica 🇩🇲💯

  • @briejustiniano6917
    @briejustiniano6917 6 лет назад +2

    I wish my grandma taught me about my Carib side or at least taught my dad

  • @garinagu7
    @garinagu7 13 лет назад +5

    not necessarily, the caribs are from the lesser antilles which are the long part of volcanic island arc in the western hemisphere in the caribbean sea & the north part of south america. The caribs are descendants of the Amerindian and also the women were of Arawakan descent. I have studied this history for years because I wanted to trace my lineage since 1999.....PEACE

  • @anthonywest4173
    @anthonywest4173 5 лет назад

    GOOD COMMENTARY.

  • @stephaniefrancois6948
    @stephaniefrancois6948 11 лет назад +1

    :) my family ahhhh and my cousin is the chief well well ._. I miss home :( non caribbean people get the spanish D.Republic mixed up with us no no we speak broken french and we are no ordinary indians we are caribs. I'm mix spanish and indian carib but ! i love DA more

  • @XeIpherpolis
    @XeIpherpolis 14 лет назад +2

    These are the indians that kicked my ancestors ass!! (I'm a Taino descendant)

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 3 года назад +1

    Dominica is a mix of Amerindian, Black, South Asian, White, Middle Eastern, Far Eastern, Zambo, Mestizo, And Pardo

  • @hoodoogirl2
    @hoodoogirl2 7 лет назад +3

    My mother is a Carib Indian. Her father was a Carib from Dominica. I just did an Ancestry DNA test for her and substantial amounts of Asian, Native American and Polynesian were in her results..

    • @aminamelancon5640
      @aminamelancon5640 7 лет назад +2

      that's so cool! do you mind sharing the percentages? I watch a lot of Ancestry reveal videos on RUclips and I don't think I've ever seen a Caribbean with very high native american DNA results. it would be interesting to hear your mom's breakdown.

    • @LM-ki5ll
      @LM-ki5ll 6 лет назад +1

      The Polynesian is probably related to Malagasy enslaved ancestors that we're taken to the Caribbean

    • @juanquintanasanchez6919
      @juanquintanasanchez6919 6 лет назад

      Interesting!

    • @alexn.2901
      @alexn.2901 5 лет назад

      +p t
      Malagasy people are of AUSTRONESIAN and Continental African descent.
      Not Polynesian, AUSTROnesian

  • @londonbrotherson263
    @londonbrotherson263 5 лет назад +2

    I smell Spanish speakers from Spain getting angry

  • @stephaniefrancois6948
    @stephaniefrancois6948 11 лет назад +1

    I'm they same pattern I miss home so bad right ahh :(

  • @kmj2000
    @kmj2000 14 лет назад +3

    @XeIpherpolis Kalinagos and Tainos also traded and had moments of peace. Don't believe everything the history books say!

  • @cccvvv630
    @cccvvv630 4 месяца назад

    They are mix!!!

  • @dramadidi
    @dramadidi 10 лет назад +5

    And also in the caribbean people tend to mix Amerindians people with East indians :/ so again

    • @dramadidi
      @dramadidi 10 лет назад +1

      ***** castries/ i live at pavee :)

  • @ThaCerealKilla
    @ThaCerealKilla 11 лет назад +3

    Just look at what happen in St Vincent there is hardly any "real " Caribs left the majority of them are mixed

  • @CuzWut
    @CuzWut 12 лет назад

    Why is it unfortunately? Is it so bad?

  • @Youarelove-44
    @Youarelove-44 8 лет назад

    I think my roots possibly be gone from there but I'm not too sure

  • @CuzWut
    @CuzWut 11 лет назад +2

    Yeah but if the kaliango stil lmaking babies together, isn't that sort of incest? I mean, there are like 3000 kalinago's in the carib territory in Dominica, they are all related in some sort of way, because they can't marry non-kalinagos? Their 'blood' is already 'destroyed' because alot of them are mixed with black.

  • @RayCharlies
    @RayCharlies 13 лет назад

    @XeIpherpolis Most caribs Are taino descent!

  • @mika4278
    @mika4278 12 лет назад

    yes true