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Newsletter of the Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink

2000
Issue No. 1, February 2000
The Emergence and Growth of Internet Sites on Caribbean Amerindians

Issue No. 2, March 2000
More Notes in a Review of Caribbean Indigenous Sites on the Internet

Issue No. 3, April 2000
CAC Site News, Updates

Issue Nos. 4-5, May-June 2000
Na'na Kali'na, une Histoire des Kali'na en Guyane, a book by Gérard Collomb and Félix Tiouka. Ibis Rouge Editions, 2000.
List of Teaching Resources on the Pre-Columbian History of the U.S. Virgin Islands, compiled by Emily Lundberg

Issue No. 6, July 2000
Taino Revival, a book edited by Gabriel Haslip-Viera.
Letter by Field Commander Rami, Pan-Tribal Confederacy of Amerindian Tribal Nations
Organization Profile: The Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation
Press Release: The International Association for Caribbean Archaeology to the Prime Minister of the Bahamas.

Issue No. 7, August 2000
CAC Website Awards
CAC Site Updates

Issue No. 8, September 2000
Speech at the United Nations by Damon Gerard Corrie, Sovereign Chief of the Pan-Tribal Amerindian Confederacy of Tribal Nations
The Santa Rosa Carib Community of Arima, Trinidad, in the Press
Website Reviews

Issue No. 9, October 2000
The Caribs of St. Vincent: An Organizational Overview
Films on Caribbean Amerindians

2001
Issue No. 1, January, 2001
'Amerindian', 'Indigenous', or 'Aboriginal'...Is there a difference?
ARTICLE: "Virtual Imperialism?" by Maximilian Forte
CAC Website Awards

Issue Nos. 2-3, February-March, 2001
Jorge Estevez: Report on the Dominica Carib Delegation to the National Museum of the American Indian
In the News: Tainos and El Museo del Barrio, in The New York Times
In the News: Tainos at the Vatican
In the News: Trinidad's 2000 Regional Gathering of Indigenous Peoples and the Proclamation of Amerindian Heritage Day in Trinidad
"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.
Report on the Australian Association of Caribbean Studies Conference, Canberra, Australia, 8-10 February, 2001.
Film: "Awara Soup"

Issue No. 4, April 30, 2001
CAC Website News

Issue No. 5, December 26, 2001
Website Reviews
Articles Available Online
GARNETTE JOSEPH, CHIEF OF THE DOMINICA CARIB TERRITORY: Profile and Interview

2002
Issue No. 1, January, 2002
INTERVIEW with St. Croix artist, Roy Lawaetz on his Modular Triangular System and the Taino zemi
Website Reviews
CAC Site Updates

Issue No. 2, February, 2002
INTERVIEW with St. Lucian Indigenous Peoples activist, Dr. Albert De Terville, on the indigenous population of St. Lucia, international indigenous activism, and human rights.
REVIEW: Amerindians of Jamaica? An essay on 'Presence' and the Web
SANTA ROSA CARIB COMMUNITY of Arima, Trinidad: new texts available online

Issue Nos. 3-4, April-May, 2002
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.
THE GARIFUNA: UNESCO declares Garifuna culture a "world heritage"; coverage in National Geographic magazine and Garifuna Internet sites.
OFFLINE: Lal Balkaran's Guyanese Amerindian dictionary; a new CD from the Ciboney Tribe
ANNOUNCEMENTS: from the Pan-Tribal Confederacy, Damon G. Corrie

Issue No. 5, June, 2002
INTRODUCTION: Arthur C. Einhorn: Profile of an American Anthropologist amongst the Caribs, by Maximilian C. Forte
GUEST COMMENTARY: "OUT OF PANDORA'S CLOSET: A Commentary on Racism, Identity, and Cultural Revival", by Arthur C. Einhorn
ALERT: The Loss of Grenada's Historical Patrimony, by Arthur C. Einhorn
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
GUEST ARTICLE: A New Reality for Venezuela's Indigenous Peoples, by Domingo Sánchez P., Director, FUNDESIN
Relevant Resources for the Study of the Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Venezuela

Issue Nos. 7-8, August-September, 2002
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)
Also: Dark Shamans, a new book from Neil L. Whitehead
Report on the Events of the 2002 Santa Rosa Festival
Guyanese Amerindian Contingent at the Santa Rosa Carib Centre
The First Nations Resource Centre in Arima, Trinidad
New information resources on the Santa Rosa Carib Community of Arima, Trinidad
Book Announcement: Dark Shamans, by Neil L. Whitehead

Issue No. 9, October, 2002
Indigenous People of St. Lucia: Report by Dr. Albert de Terville
On the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Documents from Alexis Tiouka, French Guyana
News from the UCTP: Revoking the Papal Bulls
Report on Amerindian Heritage Day in Trinidad & Tobago
Asking Anacaona Anything
Native Americans and Sport: Contributors sought for Encyclopaedia Entries
Book Review: David A. Sicko on Robin F. A. Fabel's Colonial Challenges: Britons, Native Americans, and Caribs, 1759-1775
Letter to the Editor: Before Columbus

Issue No. 10, December, 2002
INTERVIEW with Roger Belix, on Partners for First Peoples Development in Trinidad and Tobago.
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.
TRINIDAD CARIB LEADERS GO TO INDIA: Notes on the upcoming conference on Elders and Ancient Traditions, Mumbai, Feb. 2003.
UPDATES ON CARIB WEBSITES: New Online Carib Shop; Parang music site disbanded
TAINO CAVE DRAWINGS: Lynne Guitar's photo essay from the Dominican Republic.
TAINO TOURS: Educational tourism focused on the Tainos in the Dominican Republic.
NEW DIRECTIONS IN TAINO RESEARCH: A special collection in Kacike, focusing on Taino survival in the Dominican Republic.

2003
Issue No. 1, May, 2003
AN OVERVIEW OF UPDATES TO THE CAC FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS
NEW EDITORS AT THE CAC AND KACIKE: Janette Forte and Gerard Collomb, plus changes underway for Kacike
NEW PAGES for A.N.A.C.A.O.N.A. (the robots)
THE CAC ANNOUNCES FREE WEB HOSTING!
NEW PERSONAL TESTIMONY
A NEW CAC DIGITIZED PUBLICATION, FROM 1914
THE CAC AND THE WALTER ROTH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY in Georgetown, Guyana, and other working relationships.
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS ON BELIZEAN GARIFUNA
AN ALERT: LOS COCOS DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
A BOOK REVIEW ON THE ANCIENT MIAMIANS
A BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT ON RELATIONS BETWEEN AFRICANS AND ABORIGINAL PEOPLES

Issue No. 2, August, 2003
Trinidad Carib Leader appointed Deputy Mayor of Arima (plus other news about the Caribs of Trinidad)
Interview with Ricardo Bharath Hernandez on the Quest for Carib Lands in Trinidad
New Publications Available Online
More on the Los Cocos Alert in the Dominican Republic
Amerindian News from Guyana
The World Bank and Indigenous Peoples
Colombia Tramples Rights of a Caribbean Indigenous People
Websites Worthy of Note
Correction: The Gli-Gli Visit to St. Lucia
Free Website Hosting on the CAC

2004
Issue No. 1, January, 2004
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
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 6, 2005

Issue No. 1, January

1/28/2005 - Taíno Caves in the Dominican Republic

1/27/2005 - The Raizal People’s Unwavering March Towards Obtaining Self-Governance

1/27/2005 - Report on the March of Raizal Natives of San Andres on 19 November 2004

1/26/2005 - Los Cocos, Dominican Republic: Threats to an Indigenous Community

1/26/2005 - 4th Annual Garifuna Day Street Festival

1/26/2005 - Taíno DNA Studies in Puerto Rico

1/26/2005 - Destrucción de los restos humanos de los Taínos en Boriquen

1/26/2005 - Destruction of Taíno Remains in Puerto Rico

1/26/2005 - Black-Indian Jamaicans sold into slavery in Louisiana: Documentation

1/26/2005 - A Brief Summary of the Origin and Survival of the Taíno Language

Issue No. 2, February

2/27/2005 - In Memoriam: Hilary Frederick, past Chief of the Dominica Caribs

2/27/2005 - Taíno and Native American DNA Testing

2/26/2005 - Bobby Gonzalez: Presentation on Taíno History

2/19/2005 - Disney and its Cannibals

2/17/2005 - Statement from Chief Charles Williams of the Dominica Carib Territory re: Disney

2/16/2005 - Dominica Caribs Exoticized as Cannibals: More News and Other Links

2/14/2005 - Indigenous Organizations in Guyana Reject Draft Amerindian Act

2/14/2005 - Caribs of Dominica to be Portrayed as Cannibals in Disney Film

Issue No. 3, March

3/30/2005 - The Dying Planet

3/22/2005 - First Garifuna Forum, Los Angeles, April 2005

3/18/2005 - Goodbye to "A.N.A.C.A.O.N.A"

3/08/2005 - New Book on the Caribs of Arima, Trinidad

3/07/2005 - Dominica's Minister of Tourism Defends Disney, Feb. 18, 2005

3/06/2005 - Protesting Disney's Cannibalism in St. Vincent

3/05/2005 - Indigenous rights groups recommend changes to draft law provisions

3/05/2005 - Lecture on Taínos at Hartford Public Library

3/01/2005 - Banwari Trace, Trinidad: The Oldest Archaeological Site in the West Indies

Issue No. 4, April

4/30/2005 - Cannibal Stories

4/30/2005 - Cannibalism as Cultural Libel

4/30/2005 - Indigenous Protest Against Disney

4/27/2005 - "Extinction" isn't what it used to be

4/23/2005 - 21st IACA Congress

4/23/2005 - Garifuna forum & Garifuna street fest 2005 photos are now available

4/23/2005 - Garifuna Forum, 2005: Responses

4/23/2005 - Petition for Indigenous Peoples' Rights

4/23/2005 - Disney's Carib Indian cannibals deserve boycott

4/22/2005 - News-Dominica article: Pirates, Caribs & Cannibals

4/16/2005 - Aboriginal Australians Charge Government with Genocide

4/15/2005 - Indigenous Rights in the Caribbean

4/14/2005 - The Yanomami Controversy

4/14/2005 - Indigenous peoples oppose National Geographic & IBM research project

4/12/2005 - Trinidad Express: Caribs Speak about Disney

4/12/2005 - Carib Community of Trinidad Joins Indigenous Condemnations of Disney

4/11/2005 - National Garifuna Council of Belize Protests Disney's Cannibalism

4/09/2005 - A Guide to Garifuna Websites, by Rony Figueroa

4/08/2005 - Garifuna Poetry

4/08/2005- A History of the Ancient Caribbean

4/08/2005 - Belize: A Concise History. By Peter Thomson

4/05/2005 - "Los Nuevos Tainos"

Issue No. 5, May

5/23/2005 - Caribs of Trinidad

5/21/2005 - Cheryl Noralez Joins the CAC

5/03/2005 - Indigenous Wedding Ceremony in Puerto Rico

Issue No. 6, June

6/30/2005 - Website on the Caribs of Dominica

6/30/2005 - The Indigenous People and Their Place in Dominica

6/30/2005 - Disney and Carib "Cannibals" Continued

6/05/2005 - Freedmen descendants use DNA to show Indian blood

6/03/2005 - Taíno Children's Poetry

6/01/2005 - Being conscious of origins in Indian affairs

Issue No. 7, July

7/26/2005 - Trinidad Caribs in Caribbean Beat Magazine

7/26/2005 - Taíno Sacred Site Protest

7/25/2005 - Carib Generations

7/25/2005 - Caribbean Native nations join U.N. Permanent Forum

7/10/2005 - Carib Community Online Store

7/08/2005 - Seminoles With African Ancestry: The Right To Heritage

7/06/2005 - New Taíno-Related Movie

Issue No. 8, August

8/18/2005 - Death of James Petersen

8/16/2005 - Black Seminoles in the Bahamas

8/16/2005 - Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles

8/13/2005 - New Papers Online

8/12/2005 - Indigenous Land Titles in Venezuela

Issue Nos. 9-10, September-October

10/21/2005 - New Book on Guyana

10/14/2005 - Moreau de Jonnes--text now online

10/14/2005 - 5 Amerindian Communities get Land Titles in Guyana

10/14/2005 - Amerindian Act in Guyana

10/14/2005 - Taíno Lecturer to Speak at Yale University

9/03/2005 - Cannibalism: Interview with Neil Whitehead

9/03/2005 - UN Body Criticizes Suriname on Indigenous Rights

Issue No. 11, November

11/29/2005 - APA in Guyana Responds

11/29/2005 - Guyana Challenges Indigenous Definitions

11/11/2005 - Canadian First Nations in Trinidad: Continued

11/05/2005 - New Book: America is Indian Country

11/01/2005 - Amerindian Heritage Day in Trinidad

11/01/2005 - Canadian First Nations Visit Trinidad Caribs

11/01/2005 - Venezuelan Amerindians Protest Expulsion of US Evangelists

11/01/2005 - South American Indigenous Leaders Back Chavez Plan

11/01/2005 - Venezuela: Indigenous Land Grants

Volume 7, 2006

Issue Nos. 1-3, January-March

3/18/2006 - NEW BOOK! INDIGENOUS RESURGENCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY CARIBBEAN

3/15/2006 - Native Education

2/28/2006 - Indigenous Languages of the Caribbean

2/25/2006 - Subscribe to The CAC Review Blog by E-mail

2/25/2006 - Trinidadian Web Logs

2/25/2006 - Reclamando Nuestra Herencia Taína

2/25/2006 - Liga Taína-ke: Mission and Vision

2/11/2006 - New Book on the Garifuna

2/06/2006 - Cosmetic Respect for Indigenous Culture in Trinidad

Issue No. 4, April

4/24/2006 - "Canada": The Name of an Invasion

4/24/2006 - New Book on the Amerindians of French Guiana

4/24/2006 - New Book on Taíno Culture

4/24/2006 - Dr. Roi Kwabena: Indigenous and African Heritages

4/13/2006 - Dominica: More on the Dissolution of the Carib Council

4/10/2006 - "Developing" the Carib People of Dominica?

4/10/2006 - Dominica Government Overthrows Carib Chief

4/10/2006 - More on Dominica's Carib Cultural Village...

4/10/2006 - Calls to Change Dominica's Name

4/10/2006 - Carib Cultural Village Opens in Dominica

4/08/2006 - UN Report on Guyana

Issue No. 5, May

5/23/2006 - The Native "Terrorist": Anti-Indigenous Vocabulary in 2006

5/23/2006 - What is Happening in "Canada"?

5/19/2006 - Indigenous Meeting Update

5/19/2006 - Media Advisory, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

5/19/2006 - UN 5th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, cont'd

5/19/2006 - United Nations 5th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

5/19/2006 - Jose Barreiro: "Six Nations: Good Minds Calm Frayed Tempers"

5/10/2006 - Oka Project: Demonstration, Montreal, May 18

5/06/2006 - Announcement: Liga Taina Ke Forum

5/04/2006 - Taíno Wins Miss Indian World 2006-2007

5/02/2006 - Post-Tribal Stress Disorder

Issue No. 6, June

6/29/2006 - The "New" CAC

6/24/2006 - Breaking Bread

6/22/2006 - Garifuna Protest Disney, Anaheim, CA, June 24

6/20/2006- "Canada" Opposes UN Draft Charter for Indigenous Peoples

6/20/2006 - Research Position Available: Essex, UK

6/20/2006 - Upcoming Changes to the CAC

6/20/2006 - Six New Articles Published in KACIKE

6/18/2006 - Caribbean-American Heritage Month

6/18/2006 - The Reclamation of an Indigenous Continent

6/17/2006 - Boycott Disney, Pirates of the Caribbean

6/16/2006 - Taíno Language Dictionary by Alfred Carrada

6/13/2006 - The Last Puerto Rican Indian

6/10/2006 - Soca Warriors! Trinidad Pride at World Cup 2006

Issue No. 7, July

7/30/2006 - Farrakhan: Common Struggle with Navajos

7/24/2006 - Trinidad Debates Eurocentrism and Indigeneity

7/24/2006 - Garifunas Speaking Out Against Disney

7/17/2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Commentary by Claire Yashar

7/12/2006 - Soca Warriors, Amerindian Masking

7/12/2006 - The UN's Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

7/12/2006 - Search for Identity: Essays on St.Vincent and the Grenadines

7/12/2006 - Garifuna leader forced at gunpoint to yield community land

7/12/2006 - Garifuna School Supply Drive and Fundraiser

7/12/2006 - Caribbean Beat Weblog

Issue No. 8, August

8/28/2006 - Addendum: Caribs & Santa Rosa, 2006

8/27/2006 - Caribs and the Santa Rosa Festival, 2006

8/27/2006 - Native Currents in the Dominican Republic

8/22/2006 - Venezuelan Aid for American Indians

8/22/2006 - Rejecting Papal Bull

8/22/2006 - "Natives" and "Terrorism": Keeping the Hysteria Raw

8/08/2006 - In Memoriam: Dr. Mary Bruce Becker

8/08/2006 - Panamanian Indians Sail to Meet American Indians

8/08/2006 - Chocoe Indians Land In New England

8/08/2006 - Chile, Mining Company, Plan to Devastate Glacier

8/08/2006 - UN Press Release: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

8/08/2006 - New Book from Caribbean Studies Press

8/06/2006 - Reminder: "Indigenous Resurgence in the Caribbean"...TODAY

8/01/2006 - "Indigenous Resurgence in the Caribbean," WPFW Pacifica Radio, 89.3 FM, THIS SUNDAY

Issue No. 9, September

9/20/2006 - Upcoming News from Arima, Trinidad

9/20/2006 - Tainos and DNA Studies: Ayes' Art Blog

9/20/2006 - Taínos por las calles dominicanas

9/20/2006 - Garifuna Protest at Disney: Photographs

9/20/2006 - New Taino Website: Wakia Arawaka Taina

9/11/2006 - Photographs of the 2006 Carib Santa Rosa Festival

9/05/2006 - "You Got Recognition"

9/05/2006 - Letter from Cristo Adonis (Carib, Trinidad)

Issue No. 10, October

10/31/2006 - Taínos in the Dominican Republic

10/23/2006 - Pepsi Co. Boots The Last Puerto Rican Indian

10/20/2006 - Debating Race As If It Mattered

10/20/2006 - Words of Wisdom from Guanaguanare

10/17/2006 - A Lokono Prayer in Trinidad

10/17/2006 - Haitian Arawak Movement

10/15/2006 - Australian Aboriginals Win Claim to Perth

10/15/2006 - Call for Pre-Columbian Specialists

10/15/2006 - Caledonia, Ontario: Beware the Big Bad Indian

Issue No. 11, November

11/26/2006 - Foro: Rescribiendo nuestra ethno-historia

11/26/2006 - Dynamics of the Jamaican Taíno

11/08/2006 - Rosa

11/08/2006 - Guanaguanare: Universal Aboriginality

11/08/2006 - Plunder without Profit: Janette Bulkan on Guyana

11/08/2006 - Lokono Prayer in Trinidad

11/05/2006 - On the Other Side of the Barricade

Issue No. 12, December

12/27/2006 - KACIKE: New Articles Published Online

12/27/2006 - Issues in Caribbean Amerindian Studies

12/27/2006 - Santa Rosa Carib Website

12/15/2006 - Guyana Forestry Blog

12/14/2006 - Apocalypto Aside from "Accuracy"

12/13/2006 - Apocalypto

Volume 8, 2007

Issue Nos. 1-2, January-February

2/05/2007 - Arawak Nation to Open North American Consulate

1/30/2007 - Dominican Mamajuana liqueur launches in the US

1/26/2007 - Freeing the Spirit of the Americas: Roberto Rodriguez

1/26/2007 - Dialogue: Newest Issue

1/26/2007 - New Book: Quest for Caribbean Unity

1/26/2007 - Abu Ghraib, Trinidad & Tobago

1/08/2007 - The Colonization Will be Televised

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