The history of the Caribs settled in the Dominica in the 14th century. The Arawaks were guided, by the South Equatorial Current, to the Dominica and other islands of the Caribbean from the waters of the Orinoco River. These descendants were of the early Tainos who were overthrown by the Kalinago tribe of the Carib. The Caribs settled down on an island in which they names Waitikubuli, which means 'tall is her body'. However, Christopher Columbus renamed the island Dominica after landing on it on Sunday, November 3rd, 14893.
The Spanish never ended up settling on the Caribs island because there was no gold there and the intense resistance from the Caribs themselves. The remaining Carib people still live in the Dominica's Carib Territory. Their territory is 3700-acres on the Dominica's east coast. Of all the Carib Indians in the Caribbean this is the only tribe that still exists, which is only 3,000 people.
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