The Myth of Indigenous Caribbean Extincion
Hardcover - 200 pages
One of the greatest myths ever told in Caribbean historiography is that the indigenous
peoples who encountered a very lost Christopher Columbus are effectively "extinct." This
book refutes that myth through the uncovering of historical, ethnographical, and census
data. The author reveals extensive narratives of JĆbaro Indian resistance, survival, and
cultural continuity on the island of BorikƩn. Since the epistemological boundaries of the
early history and literature were written through colonial eyes, key fallacies have been
passed down for centuries. Many stories have been kept within family histories having gone
"underground" as the result of an abusive past. Whole communities of JĆbaro people live on
today.
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$7.87The Myth of Indigenous Caribbean Extincion
Hardcover - 200 pages
One of the greatest myths ever told in Caribbean historiography is that the indigenous
peoples who encountered a very lost Christopher Columbus are effectively "extinct." This
book refutes that myth through the uncovering of historical, ethnographical, and census
data. The author reveals extensive narratives of JĆbaro Indian resistance, survival, and
cultural continuity on the island of BorikƩn. Since the epistemological boundaries of the
early history and literature were written through colonial eyes, key fallacies have been
passed down for centuries. Many stories have been kept within family histories having gone
"underground" as the result of an abusive past. Whole communities of JĆbaro people live on
today.
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Hardcover - 200 pages
One of the greatest myths ever told in Caribbean historiography is that the indigenous
peoples who encountered a very lost Christopher Columbus are effectively "extinct." This
book refutes that myth through the uncovering of historical, ethnographical, and census
data. The author reveals extensive narratives of JĆbaro Indian resistance, survival, and
cultural continuity on the island of BorikƩn. Since the epistemological boundaries of the
early history and literature were written through colonial eyes, key fallacies have been
passed down for centuries. Many stories have been kept within family histories having gone
"underground" as the result of an abusive past. Whole communities of JĆbaro people live on
today.
