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Arawak - Wikipedia The Arawak are a group of Indigenous peoples of northern South America and of the Caribbean The term "Arawak" has been applied at various times to different Indigenous groups, from the Lokono of South America to the Taíno (Island Arawaks), who lived in the Greater Antilles and northern Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean
Arawak | History, Language, Facts, Religion | Britannica Arawak, American Indians of the Greater Antilles and South America The Taino, an Arawak subgroup, were the first native peoples encountered by Christopher Columbus on Hispaniola The island Arawak were virtually wiped out by the combination of Old World diseases and Spanish violence and oppression
Who Were the Arawaks? The Caribbean’s First Inhabitants Few people realize that the Caribbean was inhabited long before Christopher Columbus set foot in the Bahamas The Arawaks were the first people to live in the Caribbean islands and parts of South America They were also the first to be seen by Columbus and his men Their name, pronounced “air-ah-wack”, refers to their main crop, cassava root
The Arawak Peoples - WorldAtlas The Arawak are a group of peoples Indigenous to the Caribbean and South America They are believed to have originally been from the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela This once vibrant community had an estimated population in the millions until the Spanish conquistadors came along
Arawak People | Their Tribes, History, Culture, and Legacy The Arawak people were a group of indigenous people who once inhabited large parts of South America and the Caribbean Their culture and way of life were shaped by their relationship with the natural world, as well as their complex social structures and religious beliefs
About — ARAWAK NATION Early Spanish explorers used the terms Arawak and Caribs to distinguish the indigenous people of the Caribbean and New World Island Arawak have cultural and linguistic similarities with the mainland Arawak
Who Are the Arawak? Identity, Challenges, and Cultural Resilience The Arawak, also known as the Lokono, are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean and parts of northern South America, including modern-day Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and parts of Brazil
Taino Arawak Fact Sheet - metrolibrary. org aino Arawak Fact She t The Arawak Indians once lived in South America and on islan s in the Caribbean Sea The island Arawak, or Taino, were the Indians the explorer Christopher Columbus met on his first ourney to the Americas The Arawak l ved in large villages They built their houses from logs, poles, and t
Taino (Arawak) Indians - Encyclopedia. com Taino (Arawak) Indians The Taino, also known as the Arawaks, migrated from the Caribbean coast of South America, moving northward along the island chain of the lesser Antilles to the greater Antilles, around 1200 ce They were agriculturalists whose basic food crops—corn, manioc, and beans—were supplemented by hunting and fishing
Arawak - ourhistory. org. uk The Arawak were a once-predominant group of Native Americans originally inhabiting an area that stretched from present-day Florida down through the islands of the West Indies and the coastal area of South America as far as southern Brazil