Article: CARIBBEAN: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WELCOME NEW GOVERNMENT CONCESSIONS

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Inter Press Service English News Wire
07-13-2000
PORT OF SPAIN, Jul. 12 (IPS) -- When the indigenous peoples of
the Caribbean region assemble in Trinidad and Tobago for their
"International Gathering" in August, they will have cause for
celebration.
The Caribs from Dominica will annouce the establishment of the
long-awaited "Carib Model Village," while the Santa Rosa Carib
community in Trinidad and Tobago will welcome delegates with the
news that the government is designating Oct. 14 "A Day of
Recognition" of the country's indigenous peoples.
"We see this gathering as not just another celebration or
reunion, but as a vehicle that will seek to put in place an
organized structure to address ...

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