Arawak

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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.

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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

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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