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.

2025年1月24日 · 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.

2023年3月23日 · 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 …

2021年2月11日 · Arawak: Indigenous Caribbeans. 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. Written by Editorial 11/02/2021

2019年6月19日 · 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.

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.

2020年2月29日 · 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.

2023年8月29日 · The Arawaks were a peaceful and gentle culture, characterized by having a hierarchical and patriarchal social structure. The Arawak culture was divided into small groups, where each of them constituted their own kingdom, and had a leader known as a cacique.

2023年10月5日 · Before the European sails ever graced the Caribbean, the islands of the West Indies were nurtured by the Arawaks, also known as the Taíno. These early settlers were mainly found in the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas. Their communities, or cacicazgos, were led by caciques (chiefs).

The American Indians known as the Arawak traditionally lived on islands in the Caribbean Sea and in northern South America. They spoke a language that was also called Arawak. The Arawak of the Caribbean—known as the Antillean Arawak …