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Around 1400 CE, the Kalinago people migrated via canoe down the Orinoco River from South America to the Caribbean. Watch video...
The Kalinago controlled the Windward Islands from about 1400 to 1700 CE. Watch video...
The two groups first met on Guadeloupe during Christopher Columbus's second voyage to the Caribbean.
Kalinago mixed with escaped African slaves on St. Vincent. They defended the island against the British until 1796. Watch video...
In 1903, the British set aside 3,700 acres (about 1,497 hectares) of land on the north-east coast of Dominica for the Kalinago people. Watch video...
A few months before Dominica gained its independence from the British Commonwealth, The Carib Reserve Act was created. Watch video...
Many of the Kalinago People of Dominica possess African ancestry due to unions with Afro-Dominicans. Watch video of the Kalinago chief speak on the continuing existence of his people.
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