Arawak

E271579

The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of the Americas, historically known for their widespread presence across the Caribbean and parts of South America and for being among the first Native peoples encountered by Europeans.

All labels observed (14)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
causeOfPopulationDecline forced labor conditions ⓘ
introduced diseases ⓘ
violence ⓘ
colonialExperience Spanish colonization ⓘ
enslavement ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
population decline after European contact ⓘ
continent Americas ⓘ
culturalInfluence Caribbean place names ⓘ
loanwords in European languages from Arawakan languages ⓘ
culturalPractice basket weaving ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
pottery making ⓘ
encounteredBy Christopher Columbus ⓘ
firstContactWithEuropeans 1492 ⓘ
historicalRange Amazon basin margins ⓘ
Greater Antilles ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin

northern South America ⓘ
knownFor being among the first Native peoples encountered by Europeans in the Americas ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
presentInCountry Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to: British Guiana

Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
primaryRegion Caribbean ⓘ
South America ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Lokono ⓘ
Taíno ⓘ
Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
socialOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ
subgroupOf Arawakan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
traditionalCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
sweet potato ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal houses ⓘ
thatched dwellings ⓘ
traditionalLeadershipTitle cacique ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor veneration ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Garifuna → closelyRelatedTo → Arawak ⓘ
Spanish conquest of Cuba → mainBelligerent → Ciboney people ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Moxeño people → ethnicity → Arawakan people ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Lokono language → alternateName → Arawak language ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Wayuu language → subfamily → Northern Arawak ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Resígaro language → ethnolinguisticGroup → Arawakan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Yavitero language → isPartOf → Northern Arawak branch ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Berbice → indigenousPeoples → Arawak ⓘ
Ciboney language → associatedEthnicity → Ciboney people ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Ciboney language → namedAfter → Ciboney people ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Lucayan National Park → namedAfter → Lucayan people ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Carib peoples → relatedEthnicGroup → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Arawak → subgroupOf → Arawakan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Delta Amacuro State → hasIndigenousPeoples → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Province of Guayana → includedIndigenousGroups → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Lokono → subgroupOf → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Lokono → alsoKnownAs → Arawak ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean → includesEthnicGroup → Ciboney ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Harakmbut → relatedGroup → Arawakan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Mojeño → ethnolinguisticGroup → Arawakan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Ignaciano Moxeño → broaderEthnicCategory → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Aruák → spokenBy → Arawak people ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Aruák → hasExonym → Arawak ⓘ
Yine people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Galibi → hasIndigenousCommunity → Arawak people ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Yawalapiti people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Arawakan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Paresí people → partOf → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Matsigenka language → subfamily → Kampan Arawak ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Yaneshaʼ people → partOf → Arawak-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Saraveca people → partOf → Arawakan-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Saraveca people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Arawakan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Piapoko → broaderCategory → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Moxo people → partOf → Arawak-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Terena people → partOf → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Ouanalao → usedBy → Arawak people ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Northern South America → hasIndigenousPeoples → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Piapoco people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Arawakan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
Haliti people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Arawak peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak