Sentences with phrase «who inhabit the island»

Along with many native San Pedranos who inhabit the island, there is also a vibrant expat community.

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Observations on the Cuisine of Ceylon, by James Emerson Tennent, 1860 The domestic economy of the great body of the Singhalese, who inhabit Colombo and the other towns of the island, is of the simplest and most inexpensive character.

Historians believe that the history of jerk can be traced back to the Carib and Arawak Indians who inhabited the Caribbean islands before the arrival of Spanish explorers in the fifteenth century.

In addition to the original Malays and all the other peoples who have inhabited the Spice Islands, one other group also emigrated there — the Chinese.

At the middle of it all was the Falstaffian figure of Blazer, who came to inhabit a world of private jets, famous friends, secret island getaways, offshore bank accounts and so much fine food and drink that he eventually needed a fleet of mobility scooters to move from feast to feast.

The island is mostly inhabited by ex-pats, but Turks & Caicos Islanders are mostly descendants of Africans who were brought in to work the salt pans or the cotton plantations.

«A human influence on beak size evolution is not new; we have seen the signs in Darwin's finches on the inhabited island of Santa Cruz in the Galápagos,» says Peter Grant of Princeton University, who studies ecology and evolution in Darwin's finches.

Windborne takes place on a floating island inhabited by creatures called Djinn, who have recently undergone a calamity that has disrupted their entire ecosystem.

The story takes us between 1895 and 1945, following the rival between a Japanese colony that inhabits the island and the aboriginal tribes who originally settled on the land.

Cage of Eden continues the story of a group of plane crash survivors who try to stay alive on a mysterious island inhabited by dinosaurs and other extinct animals.

Formerly known as Conanicut Island, Jamestown was inhabited by the Narragansett Indians, who used the island as a sacred burial gIsland, Jamestown was inhabited by the Narragansett Indians, who used the island as a sacred burial gisland as a sacred burial ground.

One particular tribe inhabited an island off the coast of Kodiak, exiled there many years prior with a missionary from Boston who had taught them how to build boats and to fish.

First inhabited by native peoples who arrived more than 10,000 years ago, the island was recognized for its strategic value as a military fortress in the Civil War era, and later catalyzed the Native American Red Power movement with the revolutionary 18 - month occupation by the Indians of All Tribes from 1969 to 1971.

Close by is Fontein Cave, which features pictographs left behind by the Arawak tribe, who originally inhabited the island.

The Islands are manly inhabited by local fishermen who are friendly and welcoming.

Before that, it was inhabited by the Maya, who considered the island a sanctuary for the moon goddess Ixchel.

The Chumash, who lived on the northern islands and along the coastline, had inhabited those lands for millenia, living off of the rich resources of the land and the sea.

The islands have also been home to the Chumash, who inhabited them for thousands of years, and to more recent residents including ranchers, the military, and the U.S. Coast Guard.

The various waterways that surround the San Juan Islands are frequently referred to as the Salish Sea after the indigenous peoples who originally inhabited the area.

Also known as Indonesia's second largest island, it has something for everyone to explore - lush rainforests, exotic flora and fauna, cascading rivers, sparkling crater lakes, beautiful white sandy beaches, impressive volcanoes, limestone caves and an incredible diverse array of traditional ethnic groups who inhabit some of the most spectacular volcanic landscapes in the world.

I never imagined that, years later, I would return to the island on three separate occasions to spend a total amount of six weeks exploring its beautiful landscapes and the lives of the people who inhabit it.

There are island trip excursions for those who would like a peek into the laidback rural communities of the inhabited islands nearby.

The Wulgurukab Aboriginal people who originally inhabited the island for thousands of years called Magnetic Island «Yunbenun&risland for thousands of years called Magnetic Island «Yunbenun&rIsland «Yunbenun».

A local representative comes around the dive boats to collect the $ 1.50 per boat per day, which hopefully is ploughed back into the community coffers of the 5,000 or so people who inhabit the three closely knit islands.

A group of blocky friends find themselves shipwrecked and taken prisoner on a mysterious island inhabited by nutty cats who force their captives into deadly performances on giant, gauntlet - like stages.

Dear Esther is set on a Hibredian island off the coast of Scotland, long since abandoned by the shepherds and farmers who used to live there and inhabited solely by a radio tower and its single, blinking red light.

Harnett juxtaposes the material that resulted from this travel with his recent film Hopes for unity, self articulation and sustainability of a group (2018), which derives from his previous experience of staying with the Agta, an indigenous people who live in isolated mountainous parts of the island of Luzon, the Philippines, along with saltwater aquariums inhabited by North Sea anemones.

Sinnok, 20, is the latest generation in a line of Inupiaq Eskimos who have inhabited the Shishmaref islands and peninsula for upwards of 4,000 years.