Celebrating the First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean

During the First Peoples Heritage Week of activities in October 2017, First Peoples from Santa Rosa, Trinidad; South Trinidad; Belize; Canada; Ecuador; Guyana; Suriname; Saint Vincent; Venezuela; and others (however Dominica was absent, as their island was severely damaged by Hurricane Maria a few weeks prior), conducted multiple activities across Trinidad. These included a procession through Port of Spain, a children's rally in Couva, and a smoke ritual at the site of the Hyarima statue, Arima.

[@lifewithliv5820]

I have learnt so much from watching this video, and this need to be taught in our school system. It is time to preserve and educate more young people on our history and culture. As a young person myself, it is very hard to find this information readily available on line, but this video really highlighted the first people beautifully.

[@antowalk2743]

Im lost for words the very fact our brothers and sisters are still with us is a victory. No Caribbean of African decent should stand aside while amerindians are not represented as the original people of the islands. Im happy the first nations are still around in the Caribbean. Many of their cultural traits are with us. I want to know more

[@lorrainerecruit9756]

Knowledge is power ! It is important to know about the native indigenous people of the caribbean , americas and their descendents that are still present In the carribbean culture ! This should be a essential topic in the school curriculum...!❤

[@orangeslices990]

My PEOPLE! 🇹🇹

[@aranielleb7718]

I will always respect the first people ❤️

[@patricesutherland1740]

I am so very proud of my Kalinago heritage (Caribs ) and am quite interested and excited to learn more . This information is highly appreciated. Thank you for sharing this information with us. Continue enlightening us .Thank you and God (Yahuah) Blessings 🙌🏾 🙏🏽 ❤

[@maybell2295]

this is brilliant, thank you so much for uploading this!

[@silverfrederic5490]

💪🏻 represent kaliña from French Gayana !! 🇬🇫

[@marlene97280]

Hello depuis la Martinique 😘

[@tainofury6318]

I'm a proud Taino kalifuna

[@aranielleb7718]

Not pure

[@Culturecreation_]

Aranielle B shut the fuck up

[@deedee8043]

@@aranielleb7718 it does not make them less indigenous they still have indigenous blood run through there veins .I am mixed, i am kalinago ,african ,european and east indian it does not even make me less indigenous if i say i am only african base on my looks and hair texture it means i am denying all my other ancestors.

[@arindel49]

Looking at this and other indigenous peoples from the USA,you begin to wonder if the number of Africans that came to the West was as large a number as they (Europeans) tell us,good to see us recognizing our fore parents 💕💕💕

[@shaun_rambaran]

As it turns out, 'only' 5% of the West Africans brought into the Americas were taken to the North American continent (today the USA). The majority were split among the Caribbean, South-, and Central America; 60% to the Caribbean alone. This information according to a chart published onto princeton.edu in November 2009. The estimated total number is 12,000,000~ persons.

[@hushmon3ymuzixproductions610]

That's what's being exposed today. Brothers like Dane Calloway & many more; now they pushing that we out of Africa stuff harder now that we are awoken!

[@johnroach1101]

Stop the self hate black africans a great people to decended from , let others fight there own fight ,

[@siervodedios5952]

​@@hushmon3ymuzixproductions610 Y'all are from Africa. That's just the truth, whether you like it or not. Embrace your African heritage. The reason why not as many Africans were brought over to North America is because the bulk and majority of the African slaves were taken to Central America, the Caribbean, and South America - Brazil especially. Dane Calloway is a black supremacist Afrocentric who tries to blackwash and rewrite history - appropriating the culture and heritage of other peoples due to self-hatred.

[@TheRoundtable_RTG]

@@hushmon3ymuzixproductions610Dane Calloway is a proven liar who doesn’t know history

[@PansticksProductions]

Good work, very educational.

[@brendonbutcher3470]

1:25 that was me raisin my hands oooo

[@shantibahadoersingh3148]

🙏🏽🇬🇾🙏🏽🇮🇩🙏🏽🇸🇷

[@enkiea52]

Migwetch brothers from the Ojibwe.

[@Skyy3000]

🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹👏🏾

[@joeyguerra4004]

Indigenous blood here ❤️

[@lukewhite5670]

0I

[@brentonwilliams3845]

All off us hsve, had a beginning.

[@antowalk2743]

Can someone find out what this gentleman's name is who speaks throughout the video

[@NGCTT]

The gentleman is Chief Ricardo Bharath Hernandez, Council of Elders, Santa Rosa First Peoples' Community.

[@NAKMEEZY]

@darkeagle lmaoooooo

[@undergroundriptiles7005]

His name sure sounds black Lmao

[@ynglesmadeit]

Put them first and not the bandit they have in the square downtown

[@JSC3official]

i wish i couldve seen all these cultures before the colonizations

[@nixonmitchell9252]

I respect the fact of original character building a community groups

[@youbee4]

That’s my son

[@aaron1694]

6:00 lol i learnt something 🙂

[@Wolde72]

I see the Garifunas representing

[@oai1231]

This is not about Trinidad,not about any other place.

[@michaelsealey145]

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[@anilramsawak9691]

Hello Mr' Barry how u going iam anil nickname channil well a friend said she go bring me up by u all ok her name is Miss' deveonal ok but i dont know when she will bring me up by u all ok buenos noches tu yu mi anigos y adios takecare godbless ameno .

[@edwinw8782]

Parecen mas africanos.los tainos no etan asi.hay veo mezcla.

[@deedee8043]

Because we are consider black caribs or garifuna because we mix with african amoung other ethnicties some of us like Mr Bharat Hernandez who is speaking in the video for example is mix up like me he is kalinago, african, european and east indian does not make him less indigenous his ancestors blood runs through his veins it is something noone can erase

[@thisone3519]

@@deedee8043 it literally makes him less indigenous. There are still many pure blooded natives

[@deedee8043]

@@thisone3519 no it does not we are all part of our ancestors if we deny that part of us then we do not respect the people who passed through a lot for us to be here and quite frankly if you choose to identify how you identify thats you .i am kalinago native , african , european and east indian i am and i will continue to identify as mix and if you are not from the caribbean please do not try and speak for us

[@deedee8043]

@@thisone3519 and i know this

[@thisone3519]

@@deedee8043 ok whiteboy

[@richardazhocar676]

First peoples are Native American Indian people. Not white Europeans or black Africans.

[@tiffineemoore2878]

They are indengous not native indian

[@rustydogrustydog9191]

CULTURAL THIEVERY! These aren’t first people, all one sees are people of West African descent.

[@undergroundriptiles7005]

Yes but they think they’re first & are everything and everyone they don’t know the truth or who they’re so this is how they cope.

[@aaliyahbelfon8142]

You can't be so dunce , my great great grand was a carib decadent ,and like most of us when other races came their was a mixing .Because every generation alot them married a different race or nationals .My great grant mother was from tobago and carib descendant she married a Barbadian ,so how do you expect their to be a full 💯💯💯 full blood whit a lot of intermixing go back more than 500 hundred years .

[@rustydogrustydog9191]

@@aaliyahbelfon8142 Goes back to the trans Atlantic slave trade, dunce

[@monicawalker3795]

Did I miss something here? Disinformation about Black people by a younger generation who do not know this history. Appreciate this history.

[@user-kp5nn1sx3w]

A celabration without the king is no celabration all i know im decendant of last carib king cant even say where all our knolage gone but i tell you this they know who we are and more about us than we do our selves uhhh

[@wazeedali9673]

If you want to see real indigenous peoples go to Guyana and other South American countries

[@staysolid5542]

African playing nativeidentity

[@enkiea52]

Mixed people.

[@devantethomas1750]

No Idiot .. Indians are copper colored people you fool .. ain’t nothing AfRiCaN about nobody in Trinidad

[@deedee8043]

You do realize not only united states and canada had natives alone eh the caribbean have our own native people go from here want to disrespect people

[@deedee8043]

and we are mix not by choice but we are mixed because our ancestors fought to survive ok and what you saying is that we must accept we have african alone ent that would be disrespectful to our ancestors ok we are mixed any way we have nothing to prove to you because words is just words

[@deedee8043]

And the Africans are indigenous people as well they came from tribes they may not be indigenous to the Americas or Caribbean also the east indian indenture laborers are also the indigenous people of India so you see not only the Americas and the caribbean had natives alone so as i said it does not make us less indigenous and we are not mixed by choice it was done to survive

[@undergroundriptiles7005]

First peoples weren’t black they were taken there as slaves hahahaha still ignoring your true history

[@vladiramirez6521]

Estos yano son indígenas son afros haciéndose pasar por indígenas..😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠

[@deedee8043]

the Africans are indigenous people as well where they came from had tribes they may not be indigenous to the Americas or Caribbean also the east indian indenture laborers are also the indigenous people of India so you see not only the Americas and the caribbean had natives alone so it does not make us less indigenous we are mixed because our ancestors did it to survive

[@deedee8043]

Stop trying to ignore or erase the fact that Africans are indigenous people as well

[@SexyBeautifulBabe]

@@deedee8043Africans aren’t indigenous to the Americas .. so no one has to “try to erase it”.. bc it’s not true 😂

[@lannak21]

There were no Africans brought to the Americas, the whites who told us that are lying. They lied so that we wouldn't claim the land. Paper genocide.

[@undergroundriptiles7005]

They think they’re the natives and indigenous here in the Americas now too hahahahaha. black peoples hilarious