People / group

Kalinago

Also known as Island Caribs

The Kalinago, also known as the Island Caribs, are an Indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles, who lived on islands such as Dominica, Saint Vincent, Guadeloupe and Martinique when Europeans arrived. They were skilled seafarers who fought fiercely against Spanish, French and English colonists. Wars, disease and displacement greatly reduced them, and their main surviving community lives in the Kalinago Territory on Dominica.

Kalinago
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Mentioned in 11 state histories

Colony of Saint ChristopherDutch TobagoColony of MartiniqueColony of GuadeloupeFrench Saint-BarthélemyFrench GrenadaFrench Saint LuciaHospitaller Caribbean coloniesGarifuna of Saint VincentColony of Saint VincentColony of Dominica

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kalinago. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kalinago
MLA
“Kalinago.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kalinago. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Kalinago.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kalinago.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Kalinago’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kalinago (Accessed: ).

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