Resistance, Refuge, Revival
The Indigenous Kalinagos of Dominica
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Papillote Press
Published:19th Sep '24
Should be back in stock very soon
Shedding new light on the story of the indigenous Kalinago people of Dominica.
What happened to the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean in the wake of the European onslaught? All but a few were wiped out. This remarkable book explores the history and culture of those who survived: the Kalinagos of Dominica - from resistance, to refuge and now revival.
"I am honoured as a Kalinago leader to be part of this wonderful work as it relates to the history of our people,” says Irvince Auguiste, former Kalinago Chief.
What happened to the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean in the wake of the European adventurers who claimed to have “discovered” them? While in some parts of the region they were decimated within a generation, others, such as the Kalinagos of Dominica and the Lesser Antilles, resisted the onslaught. This is the first book to examine the long story - from pre-Columbian times to the present day - of the Kalinagos. Written by a Dominican whose knowledge of the Kalinagos is unsurpassed, in remarkable detail it sheds new light on how they have shifted identities from the early years of resistance, through tactical retreat to eventual revival of Kalinago tradition into the 21st century.
Review from Journal of Caribbean History, 2024, vol 78. "This is the book you will now reach for to share the rich Indigenous history and culture of the Caribbean with those who are unaware of it... The book is written in an accessible language, yet engages in detailed and well sourced disciplinary discussions within anthropology, archaeology and history. Honychurch reports findings from a lifetime of exploring the island and consulting local texts and sources, richly illustrating his book with material culture, landscapes, diagrams and historical illustrations. Resistance Refuge Revival serves to inform both the casual reader interested in the Indigenous Caribbean, as well as the researcher seeking primary data and further reading."
Review from Caribbean Beat, January/February 2025 Dominican historian, artist, and anthropologist Lennox Honychurch gives us a living archive here. Every articulable framework by which a people can be known, from nomenclature to social science, is not only defined in this illustrated volume, but attended to with a crystalline and fastidious level of detail. Honychurch assembles his 50 years (and counting) of research and fieldwork in three sections (resistance, refuge, revival), detailing the Kalinagos’ arrival, internal governance systems, accommodations with alien Europeans, and cultural evolutionary practices across centuries of adaptive survival. “Resilience” on its own is an insufficient term to represent the enduring Kalinago presence in Dominica. Honychurch provides an accessible, indispensable lexicography for understanding why and how these First Peoples have persisted in our anthropocene.
ISBN: 9781739130329
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 346g