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The Caribs of the Antilles

La Géographie35 • Published In 1921 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1-15 [Original: 127-146 ]

By: Neveu-Lemaire, M., Dickerman, Marie.

Abstract
This source presents a summary of reconstructed and documented history of the Island Caribs and the results of brief observations made at the Dominica reservation about 1920. With respect to the modern Caribs, the author gives some information regarding the following topics: geographical environment, physical description of the people, dress and adornment, personality, dwellings, hammocks, utensils, diet, boats, weapons, the current chief and his activities, the register of vital statistics, marriage practices, religious status, and language. The last subject includes a brief vocabulary and a comparative treatment of the current language with that of earlier years and of Arawak and Galibi words. The author concludes with an opinion that the Caribs are likely to become absorbed by intermarriage.
Subjects
Culture summary
Mortality
Descriptive somatology
History and culture change
Language
Judicial authority
culture
Island Carib
HRAF PubDate
2005
Region
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub Region
Caribbean
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Geographer
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
George R. Bedell ; 1959
Field Date
ca. 1920
Coverage Date
1912-1920
Coverage Place
Dominica
Notes
by M. Neveu-Lemaire
Translation of: [Les Caraiacute;bes des Antilles]
The original French text is not included
Translated for the HRAF filed by Marie Dickerman in 1959
LCSH
Black Carib Indians