recognizably indigenous populations are still Source: considered to have survived in parts of rural World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Cuba Cuba. Furthermore, the indigenous element is http://www.refworld.org/docid/4954ce3123.html still in evidence, interwoven as part of the overall population's cultural and genetic heritage. Source: Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Cuba Dominica The indigenous Caribs (Kalinago) who are a Today's Caribs are the descendants of what was long considered minority in Dominica are unique in being the to be male migrants from mainland South America, who last community in the Caribbean that claims 'roamed' the sea that bears their name, supposedly killing off the direct descent from the indigenous Kalinago Arawak men and intermarrying with the indigenous Arawak who originally populated the entire region women. before the arrival of European colonizers. The Carib Territory is governed by the 1978 Carib Act. Residents over the age of 18 are eligible to elect a Chief and six-member Council of Advisors for a five-year term as well as to elect a representative for the national parliament. Source: The UN Refugee Agency Source: http://www.refworld.org/docid/49749d2f2.html The UN Refugee Agency Dominican Republic The original inhabitants of the island of Ciboney-Taino-Arawak-descended populations. Hispaniola (now Haiti/DR) were the indigenous Taíno, an Arawak-speaking people who began arriving by canoe from the Belize and the Yucatan peninsula between 6000 and
recognizably indigenous populations are still considered to have survived in parts of rural Cuba. Furthermore, the indigenous element is still in evidence, interwoven as part of the overall population's cultural and genetic heritage. Source: Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Cuba Source: World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Cuba http://www.refworld.org/docid/4954ce3123.html Dominica The indigenous Caribs (Kalinago) who are a minority in Dominica are unique in being the last community in the Caribbean that claims direct descent from the indigenous Kalinago who originally populated the entire region before the arrival of European colonizers. The Carib Territory is governed by the 1978 Carib Act. Residents over the age of 18 are eligible to elect a Chief and six-member Council of Advisors for a five-year term as well as to elect a representative for the national parliament. Source: The UN Refugee Agency Today's Caribs are the descendants of what was long considered to be male migrants from mainland South America, who 'roamed' the sea that bears their name, supposedly killing off the Arawak men and intermarrying with the indigenous Arawak women. Source: The UN Refugee Agency http://www.refworld.org/docid/49749d2f2.html Dominican Republic The original inhabitants of the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti/DR) were the indigenous Taíno, an Arawak-speaking people who began arriving by canoe from the Belize and the Yucatan peninsula between 6000 and Ciboney-Taino-Arawak-descended populations.