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The Caribs of the Antilles
La Géographie • 35 • 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.
- 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