Our second day in Dominica began with a visit to the Kalinago Barana Aute, a.k.a. the Carib Model Village. The Kalinago were the island's original inhabitants, who named the island 'Wai'tukubuli,' which means 'tall is her body.' When Christopher Columbus 'discovered' the island in 1493, he named it Dominica because he spotted it on a Sunday (which is dominica in Latin) and called the natives Caribs. But then, as now, they called themselves Kalinago (men) and Kalifuna (women). KALINAGO HISTORY IN DOMINICA Like most tribal cultures, the Kalinago got a raw deal during the era of Colonial Imperialism as the
