Culture of Dominica

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Amerindians

The first settelers on the island arrive about 400 b.c, when the Arawaks, a group of peaceful hunter-gatherers, set of villiages after island hopping across the Caribbean. The more agressive hunter-gatherers, The Carib Indians (both descendants of the Ciboney tribe), annihilated the Arawaks and took hold of the island. In the north-east of the island the descendants of the Carib Indians cotinue to live in the traditional way, practising their time-honoured culture and crafts of canoe building and basket weaving. Amerindians' influence remains on the island through their artifacts and the sounds of modern language. For example the Amerindian word huracan translate into hurricane and guayaba has evolved into guava.

BY Dominique. Roberta. Georgina. Jones age 13 from London England U.K (Descendant of Amerindians)