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A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago ). For more than 100 years the words West Indian specifically described natives of the West Indies, but by 1661 Europeans had begun to use it also to describe the descendants of European colonists who stayed in the West Indies.
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West India is a charming potpourri of diverse geographical terrain, languages, culture and economic development. Wedged between the deserts on the North-West, the Vindhya range on the North, Gangetic Plain to the East and the Arabian Sea on the West, the region spans over a humongous area of 508,052 sq km comprising the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and the union territories of Daman.
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It was called The West Indian Domestic Scheme and it was an organized recruitment initiative that ran from 1955 to 1967. The scheme was set up between the Canadian government and governments from the English-speaking Caribbean.
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Archaeologists divide the pre-Columbian populations of the West Indies into three chronological groups. The first to arrive in the region were the Paleo-Indians (5000-2000 bce), who were hunter-gatherers on the littorals of Cuba, Hispaniola, and Trinidad and who originated in Central or South America.The Meso-Indians (1000-500 bce) were also hunter-gatherers but with a more sophisticated.
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The West Indian Domestic Scheme was an immigration program for Caribbean women between 1955 and 1967. Through the scheme, approximately 3,000 Caribbean women emigrated to Canada to work as domestic workers .
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A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies . For more than 100 years the words West Indian specifically described natives of the West Indies, but by 1661 Europeans had begun to use it also to describe the descendants of European colonists who stayed in the West Indies. Then by mid-20th century the West Indian "had become black".
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West Indian households in New York also have higher incomes than those of African Americans. In 1990, the median West Indian household income in New York was $37,000 compared with $34,939 for African Americans [see Kasinitz, 1992; Kasinitz and Vickerman, 1995; Model, 1995].)
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The West Indies is an unofficial grouping of island countries and territories in the Atlantic Ocean, running from the southern coast of the United States in North America to the northern coast of South America, in the region generally known as the Caribbean. Despite their name, the West Indies are unrelated to India.
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Coordinates: 21.9833°N 79.0333°W East Indies Indies ( Indian subcontinent and Myanmar) Western New Guinea West Indies Countries sometimes included in West Indies
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The most egregious example of systemic racism was the 1950s West Indian domestic scheme. Black women could settle here only if they worked as domestics, making the link between Black domestic.
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West Indies, crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north.
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Toggle Demography subsection From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia French-based creole languages Caribbean born Populations, 1960-2009 [1] Caribbean AmericansWest Indian Americans are Americans who trace their ancestry to the Caribbean.
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Welcome to the West India Committee's online portal for West Indian History, Heritage and Culture. The West India Committee collection contains over 500 years of knowledge on the Caribbean and matters relating to the Caribbean and, due to its significance, it has been recognised as a UNESCO Memory of the World.
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A Voyage of Taste Having explored Cuba, Jamaica, Belize, Barbados and ventured into the depths of Roatan, I'm no stranger to Caribbean spice. Each country has a distinct way of using ingredients, some add more heat, salt and curing and others lean toward curry and chutney.
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Map of the West Indies. The West Indies consists of three distinct island groups: the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. The Bahamas The Bahamas map. The most northerly group of islands in the West Indies are the islands of the Bahamas, which consist of approximately 3,000 islands and reefs.
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The West Indies is a region that comprises over 7,000 islands, cays, and islets, including the Caribbean Sea. It is home to a diverse population that includes people of various ethnic backgrounds, nationalities, and cultures. The West Indian identity is a fusion of different races and ethnicities, making it a complex and unique concept to classify.