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CaribAmerican Indian people who inhabited the Lesser Antilles and parts of the South American coast at the time of the Spanish conquest. The Island Carib (now extinct) were a warlike, individualistic people who reportedly practiced cannibalism (the term derives from their name). Carib groups on the mainland, some of whom still survive, lived in the Guianas and as far south as the Amazon River; they subsisted by hunting and growing crops and were less aggressive than their island relatives. Carib 1. a member of a group of American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles 2. the family of languages spoken by these peoples How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| By contrast, the Carib Indians constituted a more familiar missionary problematic: a "heathen" people, with a shared language and relatively intact social structure. Native Carib Indians believed that certain trees and tree species were the homes of spirits. As described in the afterword, much research was devoted to the sources of the tale and to the history, customs, and lifestyle of the Karina, called Carib Indians by Columbus; the illustrations, which depict the physical world of the Karina, reflect careful research as well. |
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