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The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of South America and historically of the Caribbean. Specifically, the term "Arawak" has been applied at various times to the Lokono of South America and the Taíno, who historically lived in the Greater Antilles and northern Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, all of whom spoke related Arawakan languages.
The term Arawak originally applied specifically to the South American group who self-identified as Arawak or Lokono. Their language, the Arawak language, gives its name to the Arawakan language family. Arawakan speakers in the Caribbean were also historically known as the Taíno, a term meaning "good" or "noble" that some islanders used to distinguish their group from the neighboring Island Caribs. In 1871, ethnologist Daniel Garrison Brinton proposed calling the Caribbean populace "Island Arawak" due to their cultural and linguistic similarities with the mainland Arawak. Subsequent scholars shortened this convention to "Arawak", creating confusion between the island and mainland groups. In the 20th century, scholars such as Irving Rouse resumed using "Taíno" for the Caribbean group to emphasize their distinct culture and language.
The beginning of the History of Puerto Rican Music and Dance performed by the Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center at International Cleveland Community Day in the Atrium of the Cleveland Museum of Art. This dance featured very young dancers representing the first indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico, the Taíno people of the Arawak Indians. http://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/puertorican/puertorican.htm
The video pursues the last remaining speakers of the Lokono language, otherwise known as Arawak, in Guyana. I does so on the Essequibo Coast in the area of Mainstay/Tapakuma and Wakapoa on the Pomeroon River. Of the 20,000 ethnic Arawaks in Guyana, only a diminishing number of people over 60 years of age can speak the language. This is a dying language. The video seeks to alert us to this tragedy of the 'Silencing of the Tongues' through interviews with some of the last speakers of the language and hearing the language spoken. The interviews were conducted by Ian Robertson, Hubert Devonish & Daidrah Smith
The History of The Indigenous Island Natives (Lesser & Greater Antilles) How they Migrated, arawak, ciboney, carib, kalinago, Taino, yucanans, Garifuna, Garinagu Native American, American Indians st. vincent, trinidad, haiti, dominican republic,grenadines, bahamas, barbados, st. kitts. st. lucia dominica, original people, pre-columbus, history of the Caribbean Island, , history of the Caribbean people, roots & culture & language http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6IrMjfbh6E http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/02/tracing-history-through-dna.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/09/0903_030903_bajaskull.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yz1DfTF3-E&list;=PLCGUNZunSfVKPpnR-sTl45YWXFffN69n2 http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt24hxr2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1ZeK4ecHKU http:/...
Event Date: October 25, 2014 "How We Were Made Slaves and Why We Are Still Not Free" Excerpt of the explosive lecture presentation by Master Amaru Ka'Re hosted at the Marcus Garvey Museum in Kingston, organized by ANNUJAH. Uncover the lies about our history and discover the TRUTH about how the government and economy were setup to work against us: The so-called Arawaks are fake Columbus was a mass-murderering theif The "Slave Trade" was actually a Race War Jamaican Citizens are legally British property Christianity is a psychological weapon Queen Elizabeth II owns the Government of Jamaica Jamaicans are neither "independent" nor free Full presentation available on DVD. Future lectures to come. For more information or to host a presentation at your church, school, or community center, e...
Arawak was the language of the first settlers on the island of Jamaica, the Tainos. The Tainos arrived in Jamaica somewhere near 600 AD. It is assumed that the Tainos were the natives of the northern coast of South America. The Arawakan speaking Tainos were peace-loving people. They settled down in Jamaica and continued to live there for almost 900 years. The existence of the Tainos was threatened when the Spanish invaded Jamaica in 1494. Spanish Conquest was devastating to the First Nation on the Island which let to extinction. The Tainos became an extinct race within 50 years of the arrival of the Spanish. People were killed, some died of hunger, some were unable to survive the diseases brought in by the Spanish. Many committed suicide to escape being enslaved by the Spanish. With the...
An animation which showcases the lifestyle and cultures of the Arawaks.
This is: Words of Life Arawak People/Language Movie Trailer c20630 [c20630t] Other names for this language are: Arowak; Arowaks; Lokono This language is spoken in: French Guiana (Guyane); Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela This movie concerns: movie movies video videos music song songs mp3 God Allah Jesus Christ real exist exists early life crucifixion tomb Bible Christian Christians church gospel injil hope help life Global Recordings Network language free world language movies man men woman women For more information on this program see http://globalrecordings.net/program/c20630 ..........
In this video interview, recorded on December 17, 2008, Arawak indian chief Daniel Gomez says thet Crystallex investors should come talk with the people in the jungles of southern Bolivar State, rather than to talk simply with the Venezuelan government in Caracas.
♦1492 was the year that the Taino-Arawak people found Columbus lost and confused. Columbus of course did not think he was lost. He thought he had landed in India, and he naturally thought the Taino-Arawak were Indians; hence the Genesis of "name-calling" and the application of an Eastern-constructed and erroneous identity onto a people who already knew who they were, first began with Christopher Columbus. European colonization of the Americas led to centuries of conflict and adjustment between Old and "New World" societies. Most of the written historical record about Native Americans was made by Europeans after initial contact The indigenous peoples of the "Western Hemisphere" [The "Americas"] are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central, and South America, their descendants,...
A video clip and song for the St Kitts school mascot event, for the teams and students, also dedicated to rubber ball games, to aboriginal peoples, traditions, cultures and religions, to all warriors and soldiers past and present risking their lives, to victims of war and natural disasters, everywhere. And finally to the Goddess Hurricane (Huracan) who rains down her wrath in violent storms, as a warrior aspect of a creator goddess that brought rain, thunder, and fire. Peace to all Hurricane! Is storming out today! Hurricane! Will blow you all away! We will march in thundering refrain! You will never stop a hurricane! Hear the wind the thunder and the rain Hear our mighty thundering refrain We will never stop for fear nor pain You will never stop a hurricane! Hurricane! Be wary of the n...