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Land, politics, and ethnicity in a Carib Indian community
Ethnology • 14 (4) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 385-393
By: Owen, Nancy H..
Abstract
This is a brief history of the relationship between territory and ethnicity. Owen argues that the recent emergence of a strong ethnic identity among the Carib is related to their fear of losing control of commonly-owned reserve land. The Carib stress their unique identity in order to protect their unique status and property rights. Carib ethnicity is based partly on phenotype—by no means universally shared—and the institution of the chief, whose role has been to protect the reserve from all forms of outsider encroachment. The Carib also maintain a strict rule that only children of Carib men have the right to use reserve land.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Caribbean
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2003
- Field Date
- 1970-1972
- Coverage Date
- 1783-1971
- Coverage Place
- Dominica
- Notes
- Nancy H. Owen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-393)
- LCCN
- 64005713
- LCSH
- Black Carib Indians