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Car·ib
/ ˈkarib/
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n.
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a member of an indigenous South American people living mainly in coastal regions of French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and Venezuela.
2.
the Cariban language of this people. Also called Galibi.
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adj.
of or relating to the Caribs or their language.
∎
of or relating to Island Carib or Black Carib.
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Disney's Carib Indian cannibals deserve boycott
Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times); 4/20/2005; 700+ words
; ...worldwide. Some 3,000 Caribs live in the Carib territory on the...Williams of the Carib community in Dominica...stigmatized" Caribs for 500 years and...held prisoners by a Carib group were being...the first group of Caribs encountered - recorded...
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Island beer. (Carib lager beer)(includes related article)
Magazine article from: Modern Brewery Age; 9/18/1995; ; 700+ words
; Carib beer returns to the U.S. market, but it's the real...and elsewhere in the Caribbean basin, a favored brand is Carib, a golden lager beer brewed by Trinidad's own Carib Brewery. The authentic Carib beer is now making its debut...
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Black Carib bastion of freedom
Magazine article from: Americas; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...as that of the Black Caribs of Saint Vincent. Their...an amalgam of Afro-Carib half breeds with runaways...after their arrival. The Caribs, however, were the...Vincent and Dominica, the Carib warriors issued forth...conquistadors (though the Caribs had the grace not to...
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CULTURE-CARIBBEAN: CARIBS RETRACE ANCESTORS' OCEAN JOURNEY
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 9/21/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...among the travellers. Caribs from Guyana, St Lucia...make contact with the Carib-Garifuna-Kalinago...Belize. The Dominican Caribs are anxious to contact...reconnection between the Caribs of the southern Caribbean...circle of unity with the Carib tribe and draw attention...
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Phonetime Invests in Carib-tel as Jamaica Deregulates; Strategic Investment as the Caribbean Marketplace Opens Up to Competition.
Business Wire; 6/26/2002; 700+ words
; ...signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Carib-tel (Caribbean) Ltd., a private telecommunications...operate telecommunications equipment for Carib-tel in Kingston, Jamaica. In exchange...receive a 10-percentage equity stake in Carib-tel and a seat on its Board of Directors...
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Ruins of absence, presence of Caribs: (post)colonial representations of aboriginality in Trinidad and Tobago.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...and funding for the Caribs, and with the...traditional' figure of the Carib Queen, symbolically...is that the Arima Caribs themselves tend to...the emergence of 'Carib' as a powerful but...intimately associated with Carib identity. Forte...way in which the Caribs of Arima have been...
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Dominica's Carib Indians to investigate allegations of illegal baby adoptions
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/30/2005; ; 390 words
; ...director, Francis Joseph. "The Carib council and government should...The letter also says that Carib families "are forced and coerced...Caribbean to have a remaining Carib community, is home to about 3,000 Caribs. Most of their ancestors died...
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Dominica's Carib Indians reject planned portrayal as cannibals in Disney sequel to 'Pirates of the Caribbean'
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/13/2005; ; 425 words
; ...the film, including some Caribs. Carib Chief Charles Williams...committed to the cause of the Carib people." Dominica is home to about 3,000 Caribs, the only place in the Caribbean to have a remaining Carib community. Most of their...
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CARIBBEAN-CULTURE: CARIB CREW SAILS THE LENGTH OF THE ISLANDS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 7/5/1997; ; 620 words
; ...aggressive bird revered by ancient Carib warriors as a totemic symbol...built according to traditional Carib design. It took three weeks...the average canoes which the Caribs used mostly for fishing, and...the techniques of traditional Carib canoe building and modern implements...
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Dominica's Carib indians should be exempt from paying taxes, new chief says
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/13/2004; 284 words
; ...is home to about 3,000 Caribs, the only place in the Caribbean to have a remaining Carib community. Caribs live and have collective...a day after being elected Carib Council Chief on Monday. Caribs pay sales taxes on goods...
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Carib of Dominica
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Carib of Dominica ETHNONYMS: Carifuna, Garifuna, Island Carib Orientation Identification. The Carib of Dominica constitute much of what remains of the Native American occupants of the Lesser Antilles at the time of Columbus. Having migrated...
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Maroni Carib
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Maroni Carib ETHNONYMS: Cari ñ a, Galibi, Kara ï b The Maroni Carib are Carib speakers who live near the mouth of the Maroni River, which separates Suriname from French Guiana. They live in several villages (5 ° to...
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Barama River Carib
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Barama River Carib ETHNONYM: Carib Orientation Identification. The Barama River Carib bear the name of a waterway in Guyana's North West District. They refer to themselves as "all the men and women." They are aware that other Carib peoples...
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Caribs
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...skin) and fasting. The Carib language was spoken only...taken as wives by the Carib men. Fishing, agriculture...domestic activities. The Caribs were expert navigators...into Guatemala. A few Caribs survive on a reservation...island of Dominica. The Carib, or Cariban, languages...
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Carib
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and Venezuela. 2. the Cariban language of this people. Also called Galibi . • adj. of or relating to the Caribs or their language. ∎ of or relating to Island Carib or Black Carib.
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