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Stabroek News
January 8, 2018
I read the New Year message of President Granger in the press. I understand that as a politician and leader of his party he would try to put his administration in some good light. However, I did not expect to come to the conclusion that the APNU+AFC has lost touch with reality. His remarks that hisÃÂ ...
Stabroek News
January 8, 2018
The CSSP may be the answer to their cries, rather than have young, jobless Amerindian men and women, finding little to do for their personal upliftment, other than idling around their villages and communities creating problems for their village councils, and then venturing further into more serious antisocialÃÂ ...
Trinidad Guardian
January 7, 2018
Patrick said the statue of an Amerindian on the Santa Cruz Old Road, with the words “La Venezuela” inscribed around the pedestal, was testament of the Amerindian presence in the area. When the Black Indians take to the streets for Carnival, Patrick said the fancy clothes that are worn are meant to be aÃÂ ...
The Riverdale Press
December 22, 2017
Now, oranges are plentiful, and the Osage are an Amerindian tribe from the Midwest — Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma — but I had never heard of an Osage orange before. This past September, I saw the tree laden with fruit, but they were out of reach. Finally, in November, I found some fruitsÃÂ ...
Magnoliareporter
December 18, 2017
“The cranium is consistent with a young Amerindian male. Based on the condition of the bone, the anatomical and cultural features seen in the crania, and the recovery context these remains should not be considered medically significant,” the report said in part. A hole drilled into the skull, a practice knownÃÂ ...
The Statesman
December 10, 2017
Capital: Lima, Currency: Sol, Ethnic groups: Amerindian 45%, Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and others 3% Languages: Spanish (official) 84.1%, Quechua (official) 13%, Aymara (official) 1.7%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a largeÃÂ ...
Loop Trinidad & Tobago
October 13, 2017
On Friday October 13, Trinidad and Tobago celebrated its very first First People's Day public holiday, which highlights the many contributions the First Peoples have made within the country and the region. But did you know many of the words we use actually come from Amerindian languages? According toÃÂ ...
Demerara Waves
September 5, 2017
A British-funded three-year project to integrate Amerindian traditional knowledge into national environmental conservation policy and practice is likely to serve as a pilot project for the rest of the Guiana Shield while ensuring that Guyana achieves benchmarks of several international agreements.
Stabroek News
December 31, 1999
The PPP is the largest multi-ethnic party in Guyana with significant Amerindian and Afro-Guyanese support in addition to its core Indo-Guyanese support base. This is why any discussion on inclusive governance, national unity and social cohesion cannot ignore this fundamental reality. This is by no meansÃÂ ...
Journal of Virology
December 31, 1999
HAPs identified in Mexico included both canonical HLA-associated escape pathways and novel associations, in particular with HLA alleles enriched in Amerindian and mestizo populations. Remarkably, HLA footprints on HIV in Mexico were not only fewer but also, on average, significantly weaker thanÃÂ ...
Trinidad News
December 20, 2017
Speaking with reporters after a tour of the Red House, Rowley said he was pleased that the restoration work was on schedule. He reminded reporters that he chairs a Cabinet sub-committee which is overseeing the restoration. On some Amerindian remains and artefacts which were discovered there,ÃÂ ...
Magnoliareporter
December 19, 2017
“The cranium is consistent with a young Amerindian male. Based on the condition of the bone, the anatomical and cultural features seen in the crania, and the recovery context these remains should not be considered medically significant,” the report said in part. A hole drilled into the skull, a practice knownÃÂ ...
St. Lucia News Online
December 8, 2017
Mr. Vieira successfully challenged the decision to issue the CWO in the High Court before Justice Insanally who determined that the order could only be issued in relation to breaches concerning the Mining Act and not the Amerindian law. The Commission appealed to the Court of Appeal and won,ÃÂ ...
Stabroek News
December 7, 2017
The CCJ said that the CWO was issued on November 26th, 2010 under the Mining Regulations because of the absence of an agreement with the Village Council, as was required under the Amerindian law. According to the CWO, the Mines Officer deemed the stoppage to be “absolutely necessary” for theÃÂ ...
Earth Island Journal
December 1, 2017
I had the good fortune to see these wonders, and many more, thanks to my Amerindian hosts who guided jungle hikes and river trips. photo of a large tropical waterfall photo Mandy Anderson Kaieteur Falls, located on the Potaro River in Guyana's Kaieteur National Park, is one of the tallest and most powerful falls in theÃÂ ...
Department of Defense
November 30, 2017
In addition to these military contributions, attendees learned about the various Native American tribes that are spread across North America. A list of Native American inventions also was presented. Among other things, attendees learned that early Andean Amerindian peoples had freeze-dried potatoes andÃÂ ...
Global Policy Journal
November 22, 2017
Thereafter, the article introduces what Brazilian anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro calls Amerindian perspectivism: a concept based on a distributive, situational and perspectivist relationship between humans and animals common in Amerindian cultures. Then, the article shows that the on-going redefinition of greatÃÂ ...
Science Trends
November 20, 2017
The ancestry estimation based on the set of 345 SNP-AIMs showed that both groups had major European ancestral contributions, followed by African and Amerindian. Significant differences in the European and African ancestries were detected among the two different groups, while patients and controlsÃÂ ...
St. Lucia News Online
November 4, 2017
... the First Peoples of Trinidad & Tobago, the Maya of Belize, Amerindian groups from Guyana and Suriname, and the Saramacca of Suriname.
Trinidad News
October 16, 2017
I learnt later that I have a trace of Amerindian blood, though not from Arima. As the Trinidadian/Canadian writer Dionne Brand has noted, many ...
Global Voices Online
October 13, 2017
This despite the fact that many social media users believe any public holiday granted to the country's Amerindian descendants should be an ...
Loop Trinidad & Tobago
October 13, 2017
But did you know many of the words we use actually come from Amerindian languages? According to a UWI report, in Trinidad and Tobago, ...
Queens Chronicle
October 12, 2017
And it's not as if many of the Amerindian tribes encountered by European explorers were nonviolent themselves. Brutal warfare was often their ...
Trinidad Guardian
October 12, 2017
“In T&T the indigenous Amerindian populations were the first to suffer the onslaught of European colonisers. Demoralised, disillusioned but ...
Cosmos
October 12, 2017
The research suggested that the Amerindian markers had entered the Easter Islanders' genome before known contact between the two ...
Trinidad News
October 8, 2017
Parang in TT is also a hybrid of Spanish and Amerindian music. With less than a week left, the community centre is filled with people working ...
Science Daily
August 31, 2017
As the theories of Amerindian visual art also show, geometric patterns can provide people with desired qualities and abilities, such as fertility,ÃÂ ...
Trinidad News
August 29, 2017
The play showcased the resistance of the Amerindian people against Spanish colonisers, revolts which led to the death of most of theÃÂ ...
Stabroek News
August 22, 2017
The National Toshaos Council (NTC) consisting of 208 elected Amerindian village leaders who represent over 80,000 persons is currentlyÃÂ ...
Stabroek News
August 22, 2017
I happily join in welcoming the several hundred Amerindian Toshaos, councillors and other elected representatives of the Amerindian villagesÃÂ ...
Demerara Waves
August 22, 2017
Addressing the opening of the 2017 National Toshaos Council Conference, Fredericks expressed grave concern that Amerindians were beingÃÂ ...
Demerara Waves
August 21, 2017
Addressing the opening of the 2017 National Toshaos Council Conference, Fredericks expressed grave concern that Amerindians were beingÃÂ ...
Caribbean Life
August 20, 2017
Other nominees include: John L. Aaron; Desmond Alli Amerindian Research Unit-UG; Anything Guyanese First; Founder, Lloyd Phillips,ÃÂ ...
Quartz
August 20, 2017
African, Amerindian and European knowledges mixed on Caribbean sugar plantations. Europeans had little experience with the tropicalÃÂ ...
Caribbean Life
August 19, 2017
... said he plans to raise the issue with authorities during the annual conference of Amerindian tribal leaders starting in the city in the next week.
Stabroek News
August 19, 2017
It will bring together 216 Toshaos and leaders from 216 Amerindian communities and villages across Guyana. According to the public noticeÃÂ ...
Stabroek News
August 18, 2017
Worse, after several years, arrangements to ensure that items produced in Amerindian communities benefit from comparable exposure atÃÂ ...
The Conversation US
August 14, 2017
African, Amerindian and European knowledges mixed on Caribbean sugar plantations. Europeans had little experience with the tropicalÃÂ ...
CNN
August 10, 2017
There's also a slew of caves on the island that visitors can camp in, with petroglyphs carved into the walls by Barbuda's original AmerindianÃÂ ...
Stanford University News
August 10, 2017
This book focuses on the circulation of knowledge in the Atlantic world and the competition between African, Amerindian and EuropeanÃÂ ...
St, Thomas Source
August 10, 2017
“Protecting and preserving our sacred Amerindian sites of memory, while spreading awareness of our history, is one way to provide uniqueÃÂ ...
Demerara Waves
August 9, 2017
Her body was split in half in the accident that occurred near Toucan, an Amerindian community in Bon Fim, a town in Roraima State. Folha deÃÂ ...
Stabroek News
August 7, 2017
This commission had been a source of controversy after the National Toshaos Council (NTC) and other Amerindian groups vehementlyÃÂ ...
The Suburban Newspaper
August 2, 2017
A number of Amerindian artefacts and ecofacts have been found at Oka National Park, suggesting that the area has been inhabited forÃÂ ...
CNN
July 28, 2017
"The Pantanal is much more wide-open country," says Judy Drunha, an Amerindian who now leads wildlife tours in both places. "You canÃÂ ...
Trinidad News
July 26, 2017
Carib Queen of the Santa Rosa First Peoples Jennifer Cassar was adamant that the Amerindian race was not dying, but there was need forÃÂ ...
Stabroek News
July 25, 2017
The Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana (TAAMOG) is reliably informed that the one week of Amerindian heritage celebrations at HeritageÃÂ ...
Stabroek News
July 17, 2017
The Barabina Amerindian community was established since the 1920s and has a sacred archaeological site. Can the GLSC say if they haveÃÂ ...
Stabroek News
December 31, 1999
The only two groups showing an increase are the Mixed population and the Amerindians, or Indigenous people. The first of these is anÃÂ ...
Trinidad & Tobago Express
December 31, 1999
It is said the original Amerindian inhabitants of these islands would travel to Chacachacare to cut out and collect blocks of salt formed from theÃÂ ...
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