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A major part of our Caribbean identity is The First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago

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A major part of our Caribbean identity is The First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago

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Knowing where we came from is important. They are considered to be part of our Caribbean identity as a culture because they are ou ancestors. But we pay any attribute to them ?? some of us are not even aware that some of them are alive and where they reside. By not knowing these information, does it say anything of who we are? for we not know our own ancestors.

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THE FIRST Peoples one off holiday announced by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley last week will bring the community closer to the recognition it has been seeking for so long, Chief of Santa Rosa First Peoples Community Ricardo Bharath-Hernandez said yesterday.

The announcement was made by Rowley on Thursday night at the Divali function hosted by the People's National Movement at Constantine Park, Macoya. He said, "we must not ignore those who claim the status of First Peoples in this country" and that "as owners of this land before we came, they ask and say to us, very humbly-as we acknowledge those who came as Hindus, Muslims (and) Christians, as we acknowledge them every year with a holiday-to put aside one day, not every year, but just one day as the day of recognition of our First Peoples".

Back in May 2014, when the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community celebrated their 24th anniversary of recognition, Bharath-Hernandez had requested that Government grant the nation's First Peoples a one-off public holiday on October 14. The call has been repeated a number of times since and most recently earlier this month by Bharath-Hernandez at First Peoples Heritage Week. Yesterday, he said, "we are of course very happy to get the holiday" and pointed out that they had been asking for it for "quite a few years".

"It brings us closer to the recognition we have been seeking for so long," he added.

Bharath-Hernandez predicted there will be official communication from Government to the First Peoples about the holiday.

He said the announcement was "welcome news" and he had received calls from within the First Peoples community, and outside as well, expressing a sense of relief that it will be finally granted.

On the date of October 14, which was the Day of Recognition as granted by the Basdeo Panday administration, Bharath-Hernandez pointed out that next year it will fall on a Saturday but he would prefer a holiday during the week.

He explained that on a Saturday or Sunday it is like a "semi-holiday" but he wanted a day where students could be fully embedded in the activity.

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First Peoples happy for one-off holiday - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Archives

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THE FIRST Peoples one off holiday announced by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley last week will bring the community closer to the recognition it has been seeking for so long, Chief of Santa Rosa First Peoples Community Ricardo Bharath-Hernandez said yesterday.

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Ways in which US Imperilism Impacted on the Caribbean culture

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Ways in which US Imperilism Impacted on the Caribbean culture

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Today, Caribbean people is gravitating toward the American lifestyle. it is seen in so many ways the way we dress, even what we eat, and the music industry. this may due to the fact that most people se that American cultue is the fashion and tthink our or caribean culture as inferity compared to they being supreme

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According to Abrahim Khan (1996) that identity is linked to the idea of consciousness or self awareness.

Our identity can be our race , our religion, our culture and even our ancestor heritage.

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Brief introduction of myself and what inspired me to choose this theme

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Brief introduction of myself and what inspired me to choose this theme

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My name is Shannon Bonald and I am from the twin island off Trinidad and Tobago. I enjoyed the new structure of this course especially this aspect of it. The creation of this portfolio allowed me to explore my options in which i can create a presentation and also gave me the opportunity to express myself. Though there were many challenges I faced during the semester this course was my peace.
As off today, i gained a sense of identity in that it allowed to appreciate all different kind of race, ethinicity and religion and more than that where i came from. For it was once said that ' We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from" Anonymous