marilyn grell-brisk

"The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class – it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity." Ann Julia Cooper.

The Kalinago

Dominica’s Pre-Columbian People

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  • The Kalinago and the Global Indigenous Peoples Movement
  • The Kalinago Territory
  • Celebrating the Kalinago

The Kalinago

arrived in the Caribbean from South America before Europeans but after the Taino. They occupied the Windward Islands, making frequent trips back to the Orinocco region. They were sometimes in conflict with the Taino who occuppied the Greater Antilles and claimed to have dominated the Igneri, another pre-Columbian people.

The Kalinago people are mostly found in Dominica but there are small numbers still living on other islands.

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i am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Organizational Studies Field Group and a faculty member of the Critical Action and Social Advocacy (CASA) program at Pitzer College.