Advocating for the Rights of the Indigenous Garifuna in Belize For the most part, the conversation about indigenous peoples and their rights have been primarily associated with the Mayans of southern Belize. But for decades, the Garifuna people have also been recognized as an indigenous group. Descendants of African and Carib Indian ancestors, the Garinagu originated in the seventeenth century from the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. They made their way to Central America, including Belize, w

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