Arawak - Wikipedia 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 Are there still Arawak people alive today? Yes, descendants of the Arawak still live in certain places in South America and the Caribbean Mainly, they inhabit Trinidad, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname , and the coast of Venezuela
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: Indigenous Caribbeans - Black History Month 2025 Whilst 62% of Puerto Ricans are the direct maternal descendants of the Arawaks’, little is known about the longest running ancestry of indigenous Caribbeans to date The Taíno have been extinct as a distinct population since the 16th century, though many people in the Caribbean have Taíno ancestry
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 The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of northern South America and of the Caribbean
Arawak - Wikiwand Early Spanish explorers and administrators used the terms Arawak and Caribs to distinguish the peoples of the Caribbean, with Carib reserved for Indigenous groups that they considered hostile and Arawak for groups that they considered friendly
Arawak | Encyclopedia. com Arawak (ä´räwäk), linguistic stock of indigenous people who came from South America and, at the time of the Spanish Conquest, occupied the islands of the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, Trinidad, and other areas of Amazonia