Caribbean Culture

A few “random” thoughts for today, August 31 , 2008, Independence Day in Trinidad and Tobago , some of which revolve around the symbolized, emblematic figure of the Amerindian in the development of a national sense of identity (something that I wrote a lot about in Ruins of Absence, Presence of Caribs . Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005). I can start by saying that at least Trinidad has an “independence” day, a potentially subversive thought from where I sit here in the neo-colony/neo-colonizer that is Canada, that still celebrates “ Victoria Day ” and still conquers indigenous land. Memory as a Medal For ... Read Full Story

An article in The Guyana Review titled, " Guyana's Indigenous Peoples: Still Languishing on the Periphery " (posted May 28, 2008) features an interview with David James, the former head of the Amerindian Peoples' Association (APA). David James, who is the legal adviser to the APA, outlines some of the shock being suffered by indigenous communities in the face of the invasion by loggers and miners, and foreign corporations: Those communities that have borne the brunt of the environmental damage are very resentful. They are resentful of the social effects of mining and timber harvesting – especially mining – which include the introduction of ... Read Full Story

First, let me get straight to the announcement — please visit: THE REVIEW OF THE INDIGENOUS CARIBBEAN CENTER This is a “renewed” blog in terms of site redesign, renaming, and building on its precursor, The CAC Review , which first started in early 2003 on the kacike.org domain.(1) It is new in some ways as well: over the past few months I have been rethinking, sometimes agonizing, over the slow and diminishing level of academic collaboration that in the end came to mark the 10 year existence of the Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink . One of the main problems was that I was the centre ... Read Full Story

First, let me get straight to the announcement — please visit: THE REVIEW OF THE INDIGENOUS CARIBBEAN CENTER This is a “renewed” blog in terms of site redesign, renaming, and building on its precursor, The CAC Review , which first started in early 2003 on the kacike.org domain.(1) It is new in some ways as well: over the past few months I have been rethinking, sometimes agonizing, over the slow and diminishing level of academic collaboration that in the end came to mark the 10 year existence of the Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink . One of the main problems was that I was the centre ... Read Full Story

First, let me welcome you to THE REVIEW OF THE INDIGENOUS CARIBBEAN CENTER This is a “renewed” blog in terms of site redesign, renaming, and building on its precursor, The CAC Review , which first started in early 2003 on the kacike.org domain.(1) It is new in some ways as well: over the past few months I have been rethinking, sometimes agonizing, over the slow and diminishing level of academic collaboration that in the end came to mark the 10 year existence of the Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink . One of the main problems was that I was the centre of all web updates and ... Read Full Story