Indigenous Caribbean Network

A network for indigenous Caribbean students, researchers, activists, writers and anyone with an interest in sharing and exchanging ideas and information on indigenous Caribbean culture and society.

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Carrie Medina commented on the blog post Dominica Carib Chief Wants to Outlaw Intermarriage: What do you think? 7 hours ago

Carrie Medina added the blog post 'Testing, testing, 123...' 7 hours ago

Zeeska Lee replied to the discussion What does "Indigenous" mean to you? 15 hours ago

Keisha Josephs replied to the discussion What does "Indigenous" mean to you? 1 day ago

Maximilian Forte commented on the blog post The Global Food Crisis, the Caribbean, and Cassava 1 day ago

Zeeska Lee commented on the blog post The Global Food Crisis, the Caribbean, and Cassava 1 day ago

Zeeska Lee replied to the discussion What does "Indigenous" mean to you? 1 day ago

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Feel free to create your own on-site blog, or to run feeds from your favourite blogs. You can create music, video and photos slideshows that can then be played on any site across the Web. Feel free to create a new discussion on the network message board. You can also create your own sub-groups and decide who can join. Please feel free to make maximum use of this site, it belongs to no one but yourselves.

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What does "Indigenous" mean to you?
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Indigenous can be read in many different ways. Some link the idea of indigenous to notions of race, to being "Amerindian", to ideas of ancient ancestry that predates that of all other groups reside... Continue

Tagged: birth, race, home, belonging, native

Started by Maximilian Forte. Last reply by Zeeska Lee 15 hours ago.

Welcome from Max Forte
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Please feel free to start your own discussions and to use this network for your own interests.

Started by Maximilian Forte. Last reply by oronde ash May 7.

Blog Posts

Testing, testing, 123...

Here is my first attempt at a blog here at the ICN. Max says this is where to start, so let me know if it all works! To begin with, I guess I should introduce myself, though some of you already know me well. But for those who do not; I am a 42 year old adoptive parent with 7 kids. I will give you a moment to get back on your chair... :-) Ok, ready? I live in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico and my property sits just a short walk away from the beautiful Lago Guajataka in Cibao. The lake is named for Ri… Continue

Posted by Carrie Medina on May 11th, 2008 at 5:16pm — No Comments (Add)

Dominica Carib Chief Wants to Outlaw Intermarriage: What do you think?

From the Associated Press, Fri May 9, 11:12 PM ET (a very rare news item on the Caribs in the international press, and it's a pretty controversial one at that): ROSEAU, Dominica - The leader of the last remaining pre-Columbian tribe in the eastern Caribbean says outlawing marriage to outsiders can save Dominica's dwindling indigenous population, but legislators are balking at deciding who can marry whom. Chief Charles Williams has proposed a law requiring ethnic Kalinagos to marry only… Continue

Posted by Maximilian Forte on May 10th, 2008 at 11:30am — 3 Comments (Add)

The Global Food Crisis, the Caribbean, and Cassava

I will be writing about this in greater depth soon in The CAC Review, concerning the skyrocketing of food prices worldwide, food riots, and the deepening of hunger in places such as Haiti. In Trinidad's case, there have been serious price rises on a range of basic foodstuffs, without the increased ability of large parts of the population to afford the increases. In addition, issues of food security have been revived, as they must be, once again. Relyin… Continue

Posted by Maximilian Forte on April 26th, 2008 at 9:16pm — 6 Comments (Add)

How to Add Photos to ICN

You can upload photos simply by clicking on the PHOTOS tab in the menu above. The system "remembers" that you are the one that added those photos and organizes your photos into a slideshow if you choose. That slideshow--with the photos you choose--will appear on your own page. You can also share th… Continue

Posted by Maximilian Forte on April 26th, 2008 at 10:43am — No Comments (Add)

You can CREATE PAGES on this network

Now you can also CREATE PAGES on this network. Note the new "Pages" tab in the menu bar. Clicking on that takes you to where you can see pages created by other members, and you can create your own. It is possibly the simplest and easiest page creator I have seen so far.

Posted by Maximilian Forte on April 1st, 2008 at 3:12pm — No Comments (Add)