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Land rights, cultural identity and gender conflicts in the Carib territory of Dominica
Law and anthropology : Internationales Jahrbuch für Rechtsanthropologie • 7 • Published In 1994 • Pages: 171-202
By: Kossek, Brigitte.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kossek has written a history and brief cultural overview of the Island Carib. She traces the history of wars and territorial claims by the Spanish, French, and English; and the Carib sresistance to foreign intrusions. Although early treaties recognized Carib rights to territory, they were later broken. The Carib Reserve Act of 1978 was the latest effort by Caribs to protect their communal rights to reserve land and preserve their culture. Kossek argues against Layng's recommendation to allow private/individual land title on the reserve (see document no. 14.) She also shows how usufruct rights that recognize only children of Carib fathers affects gender relations on the reserve.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Household
- Community heads
- Community councils
- Form and rules of government
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Warfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kalinago
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1992
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1492-1992
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dominica
- NotesAdditional notes
- Brigitte Kossek
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-202)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88644908
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Carib Indians