...Stephan Lenik Documents and maps describe settlement locations and objects possessed by the Carib, or Kalinago, in the Commonwealth of Dominica during the post-Columbian period. Archaeological testing at multiple sites in northern Dominica reveals that historical Carib settlements functioned as...

... to rest and recover from long voyages. The hot springs of Dominica, for example, offered an especially pleasant respite for weary crews. As a result, an important trade developed between the Carib and the Europeans in the early years of exploration and settle- ment. In exchange for iron axes...

... surprise is the inclusion of the critical essay by Garnette Joseph, a Kari- funa representative from the island of Dominica. One indigenous person of the Caribbean out of seventeen mostly academic, nonindigenous contribu- tors may be considered low for a book about the indigenous people of the...

... and the Caribbean, pre- senting the case of Dominica and the cultural representations developed for tourism on that island. Finally in this volume Michael Uzendoski brings us a brilliant discus- sion on fractality and the benefits of multi-­scalar analysis to understand how...

.... Boucher ( 1992 ) provides an interesting overview of Europe’s complex colonial relations with these “Island-Caribs.” See also Whitehead 2011 : 5, and for a recent reading of these complex scenarios in the island of Dominica, see Lenik 2012 . 20 David A. Boruchoff ( 2015 ), Lewis Hanke ( 1949 ), Anthony...

..., the Carib (Kari’ña) of the mouth of the Guanipa and the ‘‘Island’’ Carib from Dominica were united linguistically by a common trade lan- guage, but only the former spoke a Carib language. The latter spoke a lan- guage that was basically Maipuran Arawak (Taylor Never- theless, both populations had...

... Kalinago trade language that linked the Caribs from Guiana in the south to the islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica to the north. The indigenous Barbadians used the Kalinago language to swap their pottery, island produce, and marriage partners for obsidian axes and other tools from islands to the north. When...

.... 1960 The Dominican Mission Foundations in Baja California, 1769–1822 . PhD diss., Loyola University. 1998 Las fundaciones misionales dominicas en Baja California 1769–1822 . Mexicali: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California. North, Arthur W. 1908 The Native Tribes of Lower California...

... Spain to authorize slaving expeditions across the Carib- bean and, in 1514, to order an armada to attack the Caribes living in Trini- dad, Dominica, Santa Lucia, Barbados, and San Vincente specifically to capture slaves to sell on Española.31 Because of this authorization, the Dominican friars...