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At the time of first contact between Europe and the Americas, the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean included the Taíno of the northern Lesser Antilles, most of the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas, the Kalinago of the Lesser Antilles, the Ciguayo and Macorix of parts of Hispaniola, and the Guanahatabey of western Cuba. The Kalinago have maintained an identity as an indigenous people, with a reserved territory in Dominica.

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Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean

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Caribbean people

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Arawak

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Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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Kalinago

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The Kalinago, formerly known as Island Caribs or simply Caribs, are an indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. They may have been related...

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List of Indigenous peoples

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List of Indigenous peoples of South America

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History of the Caribbean

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Indigenous peoples of Florida

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Ortoiroid people

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Genocide of Indigenous peoples

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Ciboney

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Sugar plantations in the Caribbean

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Garifuna

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Indigenous peoples in Venezuela

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Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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Guanahatabey

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United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

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