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Kalinago Heritage Workshop with Teachers in Dominica

On 26 and 27 February, NEXUS1492 hosted a series of workshops on indigenous and pre-colonial Kalinago heritage with a group of teachers from Dominica at Salybia Primary School. The feedback from the teachers was great, and members of the community expressed their motivation to keep working in outreach and education based on the training.

Kalinago Heritage Workshop with Teachers in Dominica

During the event, teachers from local primary schools applied the contents learned at the workshop to design school projects about indigenous heritage to apply in their own classrooms. The programme included an introduction on heritage, archaeology and education, a discussion of themes in indigenous heritage and learning and a number of learning strategies. Mr. Gerard Langlais shared Kalinago Myths and Legends, teachers learned about Kalinago artefacts, the Kalinago Number Charter, arts in education and Kalinago heritage in general.

Teachers in action, teachers designing school projects and applying the new content learned about indigenous heritage and the curriculum guidelines.

The moderators of the workshop were:
– Prosper Paris, Cultural Officer Kalinago Territory
– Cozier Frederick, Development Officer Ministry of Kalinago Affairs
– Miranda Langlais, Leader of the Karina Cultural Group and Kalinago Cultural Queen
– Eldris Con, PhD Student Leiden University NEXUS 1492 project

The participating schools were: Concord, Atkison, Salybia and Sineku Primary Schools.

The workshop was organised in a successful collaboration between experts of the community and NEXUS1492 researchers
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