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Volumes: 1 (2000), 2 (2001), 3 (2002), 4 (2003), 5 (2004), 6 (2005), 7 (2006), 8 (2007)

The CAC Review presents reports, news, editorials, community events and announcements that concern indigenous peoples internationally and especially in the Carib/Kalinago, Garifuna, and Taíno indigenous communities of the Circum Caribbean and its Diaspora.

Current contributing editors: Tracy Assing (Carib), Jorge Estevez (Taíno), Maximlian Forte
This page was last updated: Aug. 25, 2007


Volume 8, 2007

Issue Nos. 1-2, January-February 2007

  1. 2/23/2007 - New Documentary of the Garifuna
  2. 2/23/2007 - Third Annual Garifuna Community Forum 2007 in Bronx, NY
  3. 2/19/2007 - Back Issues of The CAC Review
  4. 2/05/2007 - Arawak Nation to Open North American Consulate
  5. 1/30/2007 - Dominican Mamajuana liqueur launches in the US
  6. 1/26/2007 - Freeing the Spirit of the Americas: Roberto Rodriguez
  7. 1/26/2007 - Dialogue: Newest Issue
  8. 1/26/2007 - New Book: Quest for Caribbean Unity
  9. 1/26/2007 - Abu Ghraib, Trinidad & Tobago
  10. 1/08/2007 - The Colonization Will be Televised

Issue No. 3, March 2007

  1. 3/31/2007 - Untold Origins--Caribbean Indigenous Museum Exhibition
  2. 3/31/2007 - Una travesía por nuestra cultura
  3. 3/31/2007 - A Voyage for the People
  4. 3/31/2007 - Cherokee Citizenship Deceptions by Anglo Saxons (Comment)
  5. 3/13/2007 - UNESCO, UWI, Preserving Caribbean Indigenous Languages
  6. 3/11/2007 - Does Arima Matter?
  7. 3/10/2007 - The Catholic Church and the Caribs in Trinidad
  8. 3/10/2007 - Does Trinidad Recognize Its Indigenous People?
  9. 3/06/2007 - Seminole Tribe Purchases Transnational Corporation
  10. 3/04/2007 - Cherokee Nation News Release
  11. 3/04/2007 - Cherokee Nation Revokes Citizenship of Freedmen
  12. 3/04/2007 - Cherokee Nation Expels Native Citizens with African Ancestry

Issue No. 4, April 2007

  1. 4/29/2007 - Wade Davis: Cultural Conservation Rights
  2. 4/28/2007 - Ward Churchill and the Witch Hunters
  3. 4/27/2007 - Archaeology of the Cuban Taíno: Turey and Survival
  4. 4/26/2007 - Unfair Trade: EU against Africa, Caribbean & Pacific
  5. 4/18/2007 - Indigenous Founding Mothers of the Americas (Rick Kearns)
  6. 4/18/2007 - Interpreting the Gli Gli
  7. 4/18/2007 - Gli Gli Press Release
  8. 4/18/2007 - Gli Gli Sailing and Visit Schedule, 2007
  9. 4/18/2007 - Gli Gli News from Aragorn Dick-Read
  10. 4/18/2007 - Garifuna Community News
  11. 4/14/2007 - Los mitos taínos
  12. 4/13/2007 - The Gli Gli Carib Canoe Sails Again
  13. 4/09/2007 - New Book from the Kalinago of Dominica

Issue No. 5, May 2007

  1. 5/31/2007 - News from Australia
  2. 5/31/2007 - Garifuna Press Release: NYC Shooting
  3. 5/29/2007 - Guyana: Wrong to Ask Barama to Cease Logging?
  4. 5/29/2007 - More Frustration at the UN
  5. 5/27/2007 - End of 6th session of UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues
  6. 5/27/2007 - Venezuela Indigenous Youth Broadcasting
  7. 5/27/2007 - Indigenous Activism at the United Nations
  8. 5/25/2007 - Guyanese Amerindians Call for Halt to Logging in Akawini
  9. 5/24/2007 - Indigenous Commission for ICTs
  10. 5/17/2007 - Brazilian Indigenous Leaders Condemn Pope
  11. 5/17/2007 - Pope Against Indigenous Religious Traditions
  12. 5/04/2007 - Guyanese Indigenous Groups: Claim Against Credit Suisse
  13. 55/03/2007 - The Vatican and Indigenous Cultural Revival
  14. 5/02/2007 - Taíno Research Targeted for Deletion
  15. 5/01/2007 - Vive la xénophobie: Cannibal myth-making...again

Issue No. 6, June 2007

  1. 6/27/2007 - Death of Juan José Arrom
  2. 6/20/2007 - Happy June 21st and June 24th
  3. 6/20/2007 - Ottawa to Appeal Expansion of Indigenous Status
  4. 6/17/2007 - Canada: New Developments in Indigenous Status
  5. 6/15/2007 - Post-Mortem: Caribs and Arawaks
  6. 6/12/2007 - Speaking of Political Power...
  7. 6/12/2007 - Caribs and Arawaks: An Indigenous Story
  8. 6/09/2007 - Amerindians in Guyanese Literature
  9. 6/09/2007 - Canada, the UN, and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  10. 6/08/2007 - SERVINDI: Indigenous News Website from "Latin" America
  11. 6/08/2007 - Guyana: APA & GOIP Respond to Persaud on Barama Concession
  12. 6/05/2007 - Aboriginals in Australia: Still the Worst Off
  13. 6/05/2007 - Suriname: "New" Species, Already Endangered
  14. 6/04/2007 - Good Company
  15. 6/01/2007 - The CAC Welcomes a New Editor!
  16. 6/01/2007 - Who Is An Indian? Race, Blood, DNA, and the Politics of Indigeneity in the Americas

Issue No. 7, July 2007

  1. 7/30/2007 - Archaeologists Discover Wealthy Slaves; Related to Taínos
  2. 7/27/2007 - More on Andy Palacio
  3. 7/26/2007 - Andy Palacio: Diffusing Garifuna Culture Internationally
  4. 7/25/2007 - The Gli Gli Carib Canoe: Final Report
  5. 7/21/2007 - The Imperialist Drive
  6. 7/13/2007 - New Archaeology Dissertation on Puerto Rico
  7. 7/13/2007 - Indigenous Peoples and the USA on Trial
  8. 7/12/2007 - Agueybana III Reclaims Puerto Rico?
  9. 7/11/2007 - Recolonizing Australia...or Why Trojan Horses Never Say Sorry
  10. 7/09/2007 - New Book: Taíno Indian Myth and Practice
  11. 7/08/2007 - 3ra Jornada Indígena Taína, Agosto 11 y 12, 2007

Issue No. 8, August 2007

  1. 8/24/2007 - Garifuna Community News: Aug. 24, 2007
  2. 8/21/2007 - Popular Myths about Caribbean History
  3. 8/21/2007 - Further Adventures of Chasing the Ana
  4. 8/21/2007 - Commemorative "Indigenous Days" without Indigenous Rights
  5. 8/20/2007 - Twelve percent American Indian?
  6. 8/20/2007 - Blogs for Indigenous News and Commentary
  7. 8/16/2007 - Chasing the Ana: Days 13 and 14
  8. 8/16/2007 - Andy Palacio and the National Garifuna School Fundraiser
  9. 8/14/2007 - Suriname Commemorates International Day for Indigenous Peoples
  10. 8/13/2007 - Taíno Festival in the Dominican Republic
  11. 8/13/2007 - Chasing the Ana: Update
  12. 8/13/2007 - Guyana's Government Continues to Oppose UN Declaration
  13. 8/11/2007 - Chasing the Ana: Days 8, 9, 10
  14. 8/09/2007 - Indigenous Peoples Congress in Venezuela, Aug. 7-9
  15. 8/08/2007 - UN International Indigenous Day, Aug. 9
  16. 8/08/2007 - Chasing the Ana: Days Six and Seven
  17. 8/06/2007 - UA Digs Into Cuban American Indian History
  18. 8/03/2007 - Chasing the Ana: Day Four
  19. 8/03/2007 - Chasing the Ana


Volume 7, 2006

Issue Nos. 1-3, January-March 2006

  1. 3/18/2006 - NEW BOOK! INDIGENOUS RESURGENCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY CARIBBEAN
  2. 3/15/2006 - Native Education
  3. 2/28/2006 - Indigenous Languages of the Caribbean
  4. 2/25/2006 - Subscribe to The CAC Review Blog by E-mail
  5. 2/25/2006 - Trinidadian Web Logs
  6. 2/25/2006 - Reclamando Nuestra Herencia Taína
  7. 2/25/2006 - Liga Taína-ke: Mission and Vision
  8. 2/11/2006 - New Book on the Garifuna
  9. 2/06/2006 - Cosmetic Respect for Indigenous Culture in Trinidad

Issue No. 4, April 2006

  1. 4/24/2006 - "Canada": The Name of an Invasion
  2. 4/24/2006 - New Book on the Amerindians of French Guiana
  3. 4/24/2006 - New Book on Taíno Culture
  4. 4/24/2006 - Dr. Roi Kwabena: Indigenous and African Heritages
  5. 4/13/2006 - Dominica: More on the Dissolution of the Carib Council
  6. 4/10/2006 - "Developing" the Carib People of Dominica?
  7. 4/10/2006 - Dominica Government Overthrows Carib Chief
  8. 4/10/2006 - More on Dominica's Carib Cultural Village...
  9. 4/10/2006 - Calls to Change Dominica's Name
  10. 4/10/2006 - Carib Cultural Village Opens in Dominica
  11. 4/08/2006 - UN Report on Guyana

Issue No. 5, May 2006

  1. 5/23/2006 - The Native "Terrorist": Anti-Indigenous Vocabulary in 2006
  2. 5/23/2006 - What is Happening in "Canada"?
  3. 5/19/2006 - Indigenous Meeting Update
  4. 5/19/2006 - Media Advisory, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
  5. 5/19/2006 - UN 5th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, cont'd
  6. 5/19/2006 - United Nations 5th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
  7. 5/19/2006 - Jose Barreiro: "Six Nations: Good Minds Calm Frayed Tempers"
  8. 5/10/2006 - Oka Project: Demonstration, Montreal, May 18
  9. 5/06/2006 - Announcement: Liga Taina Ke Forum
  10. 5/04/2006 - Taíno Wins Miss Indian World 2006-2007
  11. 5/02/2006 - Post-Tribal Stress Disorder

Issue No. 6, June 2006

  1. 6/29/2006 - The "New" CAC
  2. 6/24/2006 - Breaking Bread
  3. 6/22/2006 - Garifuna Protest Disney, Anaheim, CA, June 24
  4. 6/20/2006- "Canada" Opposes UN Draft Charter for Indigenous Peoples
  5. 6/20/2006 - Research Position Available: Essex, UK
  6. 6/20/2006 - Upcoming Changes to the CAC
  7. 6/20/2006 - Six New Articles Published in KACIKE
  8. 6/18/2006 - Caribbean-American Heritage Month
  9. 6/18/2006 - The Reclamation of an Indigenous Continent
  10. 6/17/2006 - Boycott Disney, Pirates of the Caribbean
  11. 6/16/2006 - Taíno Language Dictionary by Alfred Carrada
  12. 6/13/2006 - The Last Puerto Rican Indian
  13. 6/10/2006 - Soca Warriors! Trinidad Pride at World Cup 2006

Issue No. 7, July 2006

  1. 7/30/2006 - Farrakhan: Common Struggle with Navajos
  2. 7/24/2006 - Trinidad Debates Eurocentrism and Indigeneity
  3. 7/24/2006 - Garifunas Speaking Out Against Disney
  4. 7/17/2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Commentary by Claire Yashar
  5. 7/12/2006 - Soca Warriors, Amerindian Masking
  6. 7/12/2006 - The UN's Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  7. 7/12/2006 - Search for Identity: Essays on St.Vincent and the Grenadines
  8. 7/12/2006 - Garifuna leader forced at gunpoint to yield community land
  9. 7/12/2006 - Garifuna School Supply Drive and Fundraiser
  10. 7/12/2006 - Caribbean Beat Weblog

Issue No. 8, August 2006

  1. 8/28/2006 - Addendum: Caribs & Santa Rosa, 2006
  2. 8/27/2006 - Caribs and the Santa Rosa Festival, 2006
  3. 8/27/2006 - Native Currents in the Dominican Republic
  4. 8/22/2006 - Venezuelan Aid for American Indians
  5. 8/22/2006 - Rejecting Papal Bull
  6. 8/22/2006 - "Natives" and "Terrorism": Keeping the Hysteria Raw
  7. 8/08/2006 - In Memoriam: Dr. Mary Bruce Becker
  8. 8/08/2006 - Panamanian Indians Sail to Meet American Indians
  9. 8/08/2006 - Chocoe Indians Land In New England
  10. 8/08/2006 - Chile, Mining Company, Plan to Devastate Glacier
  11. 8/08/2006 - UN Press Release: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
  12. 8/08/2006 - New Book from Caribbean Studies Press
  13. 8/06/2006 - Reminder: "Indigenous Resurgence in the Caribbean"...TODAY
  14. 8/01/2006 - "Indigenous Resurgence in the Caribbean," WPFW Pacifica Radio, 89.3 FM, THIS SUNDAY

Issue No. 9, September 2006

  1. 9/20/2006 - Upcoming News from Arima, Trinidad
  2. 9/20/2006 - Tainos and DNA Studies: Ayes' Art Blog
  3. 9/20/2006 - Taínos por las calles dominicanas
  4. 9/20/2006 - Garifuna Protest at Disney: Photographs
  5. 9/20/2006 - New Taino Website: Wakia Arawaka Taina
  6. 9/11/2006 - Photographs of the 2006 Carib Santa Rosa Festival
  7. 9/05/2006 - "You Got Recognition"
  8. 9/05/2006 - Letter from Cristo Adonis (Carib, Trinidad)

Issue No. 10, October 2006

  1. 10/31/2006 - Taínos in the Dominican Republic
  2. 10/23/2006 - Pepsi Co. Boots The Last Puerto Rican Indian
  3. 10/20/2006 - Debating Race As If It Mattered
  4. 10/20/2006 - Words of Wisdom from Guanaguanare
  5. 10/17/2006 - A Lokono Prayer in Trinidad
  6. 10/17/2006 - Haitian Arawak Movement
  7. 10/15/2006 - Australian Aboriginals Win Claim to Perth
  8. 10/15/2006 - Call for Pre-Columbian Specialists
  9. 10/15/2006 - Caledonia, Ontario: Beware the Big Bad Indian

Issue No. 11, November 2006

  1. 11/26/2006 - Foro: Rescribiendo nuestra ethno-historia
  2. 11/26/2006 - Dynamics of the Jamaican Taíno
  3. 11/08/2006 - Rosa
  4. 11/08/2006 - Guanaguanare: Universal Aboriginality
  5. 11/08/2006 - Plunder without Profit: Janette Bulkan on Guyana
  6. 11/08/2006 - Lokono Prayer in Trinidad
  7. 11/05/2006 - On the Other Side of the Barricade

Issue No. 12, December 2006

  1. 12/27/2006 - KACIKE: New Articles Published Online
  2. 12/27/2006 - Issues in Caribbean Amerindian Studies
  3. 12/27/2006 - Santa Rosa Carib Website
  4. 12/15/2006 - Guyana Forestry Blog
  5. 12/14/2006 - Apocalypto Aside from "Accuracy"
  6. 12/13/2006 - Apocalypto


Volume 6, 2005

Issue No. 1, January 2005

  1. 1/28/2005 - Taíno Caves in the Dominican Republic
  2. 1/27/2005 - The Raizal People’s Unwavering March Towards Obtaining Self-Governance
  3. 1/27/2005 - Report on the March of Raizal Natives of San Andres on 19 November 2004
  4. 1/26/2005 - Los Cocos, Dominican Republic: Threats to an Indigenous Community
  5. 1/26/2005 - 4th Annual Garifuna Day Street Festival
  6. 1/26/2005 - Taíno DNA Studies in Puerto Rico
  7. 1/26/2005 - Destrucción de los restos humanos de los Taínos en Boriquen
  8. 1/26/2005 - Destruction of Taíno Remains in Puerto Rico
  9. 1/26/2005 - Black-Indian Jamaicans sold into slavery in Louisiana: Documentation
  10. 1/26/2005 - A Brief Summary of the Origin and Survival of the Taíno Language

Issue No. 2, February 2005

  1. 2/27/2005 - In Memoriam: Hilary Frederick, past Chief of the Dominica Caribs
  2. 2/27/2005 - Taíno and Native American DNA Testing
  3. 2/26/2005 - Bobby Gonzalez: Presentation on Taíno History
  4. 2/19/2005 - Disney and its Cannibals
  5. 2/17/2005 - Statement from Chief Charles Williams of the Dominica Carib Territory re: Disney
  6. 2/16/2005 - Dominica Caribs Exoticized as Cannibals: More News and Other Links
  7. 2/14/2005 - Indigenous Organizations in Guyana Reject Draft Amerindian Act
  8. 2/14/2005 - Caribs of Dominica to be Portrayed as Cannibals in Disney Film

Issue No. 3, March 2005

  1. 3/30/2005 - The Dying Planet
  2. 3/22/2005 - First Garifuna Forum, Los Angeles, April 2005
  3. 3/18/2005 - Goodbye to "A.N.A.C.A.O.N.A"
  4. 3/08/2005 - New Book on the Caribs of Arima, Trinidad
  5. 3/07/2005 - Dominica's Minister of Tourism Defends Disney, Feb. 18, 2005
  6. 3/06/2005 - Protesting Disney's Cannibalism in St. Vincent
  7. 3/05/2005 - Indigenous rights groups recommend changes to draft law provisions
  8. 3/05/2005 - Lecture on Taínos at Hartford Public Library
  9. 3/01/2005 - Banwari Trace, Trinidad: The Oldest Archaeological Site in the West Indies

Issue No. 4, April 2005

  1. 4/30/2005 - Cannibal Stories
  2. 4/30/2005 - Cannibalism as Cultural Libel
  3. 4/30/2005 - Indigenous Protest Against Disney
  4. 4/27/2005 - "Extinction" isn't what it used to be
  5. 4/23/2005 - 21st IACA Congress
  6. 4/23/2005 - Garifuna forum & Garifuna street fest 2005 photos are now available
  7. 4/23/2005 - Garifuna Forum, 2005: Responses
  8. 4/23/2005 - Petition for Indigenous Peoples' Rights
  9. 4/23/2005 - Disney's Carib Indian cannibals deserve boycott
  10. 4/22/2005 - News-Dominica article: Pirates, Caribs & Cannibals
  11. 4/16/2005 - Aboriginal Australians Charge Government with Genocide
  12. 4/15/2005 - Indigenous Rights in the Caribbean
  13. 4/14/2005 - The Yanomami Controversy
  14. 4/14/2005 - Indigenous peoples oppose National Geographic & IBM research project
  15. 4/12/2005 - Trinidad Express: Caribs Speak about Disney
  16. 4/12/2005 - Carib Community of Trinidad Joins Indigenous Condemnations of Disney
  17. 4/11/2005 - National Garifuna Council of Belize Protests Disney's Cannibalism
  18. 4/09/2005 - A Guide to Garifuna Websites, by Rony Figueroa
  19. 4/08/2005 - Garifuna Poetry
  20. 4/08/2005- A History of the Ancient Caribbean
  21. 4/08/2005 - Belize: A Concise History. By Peter Thomson
  22. 4/05/2005 - "Los Nuevos Tainos"

Issue No. 5, May 2005

  1. 5/23/2005 - Caribs of Trinidad
  2. 5/21/2005 - Cheryl Noralez Joins the CAC
  3. 5/03/2005 - Indigenous Wedding Ceremony in Puerto Rico

Issue No. 6, June 2005

  1. 6/30/2005 - Website on the Caribs of Dominica
  2. 6/30/2005 - The Indigenous People and Their Place in Dominica
  3. 6/30/2005 - Disney and Carib "Cannibals" Continued
  4. 6/05/2005 - Freedmen descendants use DNA to show Indian blood
  5. 6/03/2005 - Taíno Children's Poetry
  6. 6/01/2005 - Being conscious of origins in Indian affairs

Issue No. 7, July 2005

  1. 7/26/2005 - Trinidad Caribs in Caribbean Beat Magazine
  2. 7/26/2005 - Taíno Sacred Site Protest
  3. 7/25/2005 - Carib Generations
  4. 7/25/2005 - Caribbean Native nations join U.N. Permanent Forum
  5. 7/10/2005 - Carib Community Online Store
  6. 7/08/2005 - Seminoles With African Ancestry: The Right To Heritage
  7. 7/06/2005 - New Taíno-Related Movie

Issue No. 8, August 2005

  1. 8/18/2005 - Death of James Petersen
  2. 8/16/2005 - Black Seminoles in the Bahamas
  3. 8/16/2005 - Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles
  4. 8/13/2005 - New Papers Online
  5. 8/12/2005 - Indigenous Land Titles in Venezuela

Issue Nos. 9-10, September-October 2005

  1. 10/21/2005 - New Book on Guyana
  2. 10/14/2005 - Moreau de Jonnes--text now online
  3. 10/14/2005 - 5 Amerindian Communities get Land Titles in Guyana
  4. 10/14/2005 - Amerindian Act in Guyana
  5. 10/14/2005 - Taíno Lecturer to Speak at Yale University
  6. 9/03/2005 - Cannibalism: Interview with Neil Whitehead
  7. 9/03/2005 - UN Body Criticizes Suriname on Indigenous Rights

Issue No. 11, November 2005

  1. 11/29/2005 - APA in Guyana Responds
  2. 11/29/2005 - Guyana Challenges Indigenous Definitions
  3. 11/11/2005 - Canadian First Nations in Trinidad: Continued
  4. 11/05/2005 - New Book: America is Indian Country
  5. 11/01/2005 - Amerindian Heritage Day in Trinidad
  6. 11/01/2005 - Canadian First Nations Visit Trinidad Caribs
  7. 11/01/2005 - Venezuelan Amerindians Protest Expulsion of US Evangelists
  8. 11/01/2005 - South American Indigenous Leaders Back Chavez Plan
  9. 11/01/2005 - Venezuela: Indigenous Land Grants


Volume 5, 2004

Issue No. 1, January, 2004

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1. Changes to The CAC Review: Web Log Version
2. INTERVIEW with Elmar Darimont on the work of Kalinago e.V in Dominica
3. Full text articles online from Cultural Survival Quarterly
4. Articles on the Tainos from Indian Country Today online
5. Other Articles Online: Tainos of Jamaica, UWI Conference in St Vincent
6. New full text books available online, on the Amerindians of Guyana
7. New online publications in Kacike
8. 1932--a new film on the oral history of a peasant massacre in El Salvador
9. Announcement: A newly published book on Tainos and Caribs

Issue No. 2, May, 2004

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1. Los Cocos, Dominican Republic: Further reports from Cheryl Kolander
2. New publications on the CAC and KACIKE
3. Documenting Black-Indian Slaves from Jamaica and other Caribbean territories
4. Directory of Researchers: Invitation to submit entries
5. Recommended Website on Guyana


Volume 4, 2003

Issue No. 1, May, 2003

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  1. AN OVERVIEW OF UPDATES TO THE CAC FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS
  2. NEW EDITORS AT THE CAC AND KACIKE: Janette Forte and Gerard Collomb, plus changes underway for Kacike
  3. NEW PAGES for A.N.A.C.A.O.N.A. (the robots)
  4. THE CAC ANNOUNCES FREE WEB HOSTING!
  5. NEW PERSONAL TESTIMONY
  6. A NEW CAC DIGITIZED PUBLICATION, FROM 1914
  7. THE CAC AND THE WALTER ROTH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY in Georgetown, Guyana, and other working relationships.
  8. ONLINE PUBLICATIONS ON BELIZEAN GARIFUNA
  9. AN ALERT: LOS COCOS DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  10. A BOOK REVIEW ON THE ANCIENT MIAMIANS
  11. A BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT ON RELATIONS BETWEEN AFRICANS AND ABORIGINAL PEOPLES

Issue No. 2, August, 2003

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  1. Trinidad Carib Leader appointed Deputy Mayor of Arima (plus other news about the Caribs of Trinidad)
  2. Interview with Ricardo Bharath Hernandez on the Quest for Carib Lands in Trinidad
  3. New Publications Available Online
  4. More on the Los Cocos Alert in the Dominican Republic
  5. Amerindian News from Guyana
  6. The World Bank and Indigenous Peoples
  7. Colombia Tramples Rights of a Caribbean Indigenous People
  8. Websites Worthy of Note
  9. Correction: The Gli-Gli Visit to St. Lucia
  10. Free Website Hosting on the CAC

Volume 3, 2002

Issue No. 1, January, 2002

  1. INTERVIEW with St. Croix artist, Roy Lawaetz on his Modular Triangular System and the Taino zemi
  2. Website Reviews
  3. CAC Site Updates

Issue No. 2, February, 2002

  1. INTERVIEW with St. Lucian Indigenous Peoples activist, Dr. Albert De Terville, on the indigenous population of St. Lucia, international indigenous activism, and human rights.
  2. REVIEW: Amerindians of Jamaica? An essay on 'Presence' and the Web
  3. SANTA ROSA CARIB COMMUNITY of Arima, Trinidad: new texts available online

Issue Nos. 3-4, April-May, 2002

  1. INTERVIEW with Belizean Garifuna anthropologist and activist, Dr. Joseph O. Palacio, on the regional organization of aboriginal bodies, the current situation of regional aboriginal organization, and the prospects for future organizational efforts.
  2. THE GARIFUNA: UNESCO declares Garifuna culture a "world heritage"; coverage in National Geographic magazine and Garifuna Internet sites.
  3. OFFLINE: Lal Balkaran's Guyanese Amerindian dictionary; a new CD from the Ciboney Tribe
  4. ANNOUNCEMENTS: from the Pan-Tribal Confederacy, Damon G. Corrie

Issue No. 5, June, 2002

  1. INTRODUCTION: Arthur C. Einhorn: Profile of an American Anthropologist amongst the Caribs, by Maximilian C. Forte
  2. GUEST COMMENTARY: "OUT OF PANDORA'S CLOSET: A Commentary on Racism, Identity, and Cultural Revival", by Arthur C. Einhorn
  3. ALERT: The Loss of Grenada's Historical Patrimony, by Arthur C. Einhorn
  4. CANNIBALISM: Fact, Fiction, or Misunderstood Reality? Contributions from Beth Conklin (by Maximilian C. Forte)

Issue No. 6, July, 2002

Special Issue:
The Rights of Venezuela's Aboriginal Peoples and the Constitution of 1999

  1. GUEST ARTICLE: A New Reality for Venezuela's Indigenous Peoples, by Domingo Sánchez P., Director, FUNDESIN
  2.  Relevant Resources for the Study of the Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Venezuela

Issue Nos. 7-8, August-September, 2002

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Special Issue on Trinidad:
The 2002 Santa Rosa Festival of the Caribs of Arima, Trinidad, and the Launch of the First Nations Resource Centre (reports by Maximilian C. Forte)

  1. Also: Dark Shamans, a new book from Neil L. Whitehead
  2. Report on the Events of the 2002 Santa Rosa Festival
  3. Guyanese Amerindian Contingent at the Santa Rosa Carib Centre
  4. The First Nations Resource Centre in Arima, Trinidad
  5. Book Announcement: Dark Shamans, by Neil L. Whitehead

Issue No. 9, October, 2002

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  1. Indigenous People of St. Lucia: Report by Dr. Albert de Terville
  2. On the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Documents from Alexis Tiouka, French Guyana
  3. News from the UCTP: Revoking the Papal Bulls
  4. Report on Amerindian Heritage Day in Trinidad & Tobago
  5. Asking Anacaona Anything
  6. Native Americans and Sport: Contributors sought for Encyclopaedia Entries
  7. Book Review: David A. Sicko on Robin F. A. Fabel's Colonial Challenges:  Britons, Native Americans, and Caribs, 1759-1775
  8. Letter to the Editor: Before Columbus

Issue No. 10, December, 2002

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  1. INTERVIEW with Roger Belix, on Partners for First Peoples Development in Trinidad and Tobago. 
  2. LANDS FOR THE ARIMA CARIBS: The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has allocated lands to the Santa Rosa Carib Community, after 30 years of struggle. 
  3. TRINIDAD CARIB LEADERS GO TO INDIA: Notes on the upcoming conference on Elders and Ancient Traditions, Mumbai, Feb. 2003. 
  4. UPDATES ON CARIB WEBSITES: New Online Carib Shop; Parang music site disbanded 
  5. TAINO CAVE DRAWINGS: Lynne Guitar's photo essay from the Dominican Republic. 
  6. TAINO TOURS: Educational tourism focused on the Tainos in the Dominican Republic. 
  7. NEW DIRECTIONS IN TAINO RESEARCH: A special collection in Kacike, focusing on Taino survival in the Dominican Republic.

Volume 2, 2001

Issue No. 1, January, 2001

  1. 'Amerindian', 'Indigenous', or 'Aboriginal'...Is there a difference?
  2. ARTICLE: "Virtual Imperialism?" by Maximilian Forte
  3. CAC Website Awards

Issue Nos. 2-3, February-March, 2001

  1. Jorge Estevez: Report on the Dominica Carib Delegation to the National Museum of the American Indian
  2. In the News: Tainos and El Museo del Barrio, in The New York Times
  3. In the News: Tainos at the Vatican
  4. In the News: Trinidad's 2000 Regional Gathering of Indigenous Peoples and the Proclamation of Amerindian Heritage Day in Trinidad
  5. "Some important research contributions of Genetics to the study of Population History and Anthropology in Puerto Rico: An interview with Dr. Juan Carlos Martínez Cruzado, Dept. of Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez", from the Delaware Review of Latin American Studies.
  6. Report on the Australian Association of Caribbean Studies Conference, Canberra, Australia, 8-10 February, 2001.
  7. Film: "Awara Soup"

Issue No. 4, April 30, 2001

CAC Website News

Issue No. 5, December 26, 2001

  1. Website Reviews
  2. Articles Available Online
  3. GARNETTE JOSEPH, CHIEF OF THE DOMINICA CARIB TERRITORY: Profile and Interview

 


Volume 1, 2000

Issue No. 1, February 2000

  1. The Emergence and Growth of Internet Sites on Caribbean Amerindians

Issue No. 2, March 2000

  1. More Notes in a Review of Caribbean Indigenous Sites on the Internet

Issue No. 3, April 2000

  1. CAC Site News, Updates

Issue Nos. 4-5, May-June 2000

  1. Na'na Kali'na, une Histoire des Kali'na en Guyane, a book by Gérard Collomb and Félix Tiouka. Ibis Rouge Editions, 2000.
  2. List of Teaching Resources on the Pre-Columbian History of the U.S. Virgin Islands, compiled by Emily Lundberg

Issue No. 6, July 2000

  1. Taino Revival, a book edited by Gabriel Haslip-Viera.
  2. Letter by Field Commander Rami, Pan-Tribal Confederacy of Amerindian Tribal Nations
  3. Organization Profile: The Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation
  4. Press Release: The International Association for Caribbean Archaeology to the Prime Minister of the Bahamas.

Issue No. 7, August 2000

  1. CAC Website Awards
  2. CAC Site Updates

Issue No. 8, September 2000

  1. Speech at the United Nations by Damon Gerard Corrie, Sovereign Chief of the Pan-Tribal Amerindian Confederacy of Tribal Nations
  2. The Santa Rosa Carib Community of Arima, Trinidad, in the Press
  3. Website Reviews

Issue No. 9, October 2000

  1. The Caribs of St. Vincent: An Organizational Overview
  2. Films on Caribbean Amerindians