Arawaks
Pre-Columbian island people
The Arawaks are indigenous peoples of the Caribbean and South America, among the first to encounter Columbus in 1492.
They inhabited the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, and parts of coastal South America.
Arawak also refers to their language family.
The term sometimes distinguishes them from the more warlike Caribs, though this distinction reflects European colonial narratives.
Native chief or strongman
- cassavaStarchy tropical root vegetable
- hammockHanging fabric bed
- canoeSlender paddled vessel
- potteryFired clay objects
weaving · tobacco · maize · agriculture · fishing · ceremonies · mythology · petroglyphs
Concerning language study
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- canoeSlender paddled vessel
hammock · barbecue · tobacco · maize · cassava · iguana · guava · papaya
Ohio's seat of government
- 1492Discovery voyage year
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- encomiendaForced indigenous labor grant
enslavement · decimation · colonization · Spanish · extinction · resistance · pre-Columbian · genocide
Tropical Atlantic region
- BahamasAtlantic island nation
- HispaniolaCaribbean island, two countries
- CubaCaribbean island country
- JamaicaCaribbean island nation
Puerto Rico · Guyana · Suriname · Venezuela · Orinoco · Amazon · Trinidad · Antilles
Originating in a region
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- AmerindianIndigenous American person
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- ancestryFamily line of descent
lineage · descendants · native · peoples · heritage · ethnic · population · community
cacique
Native chief or strongman
pottery · weaving · tobacco · maize · agriculture · fishing · ceremonies · mythology · petroglyphs · body paint
linguistic
Concerning language study
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
canoe · hammock · barbecue · tobacco · maize · cassava · iguana · guava · papaya · extinct
Columbus
Ohio's seat of government
- 1492Discovery voyage year
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
encomienda · enslavement · decimation · colonization · Spanish · extinction · resistance · pre-Columbian · genocide · epidemic
Caribbean
Tropical Atlantic region
- BahamasAtlantic island nation
- HispaniolaCaribbean island, two countries
- CubaCaribbean island country
Jamaica · Puerto Rico · Guyana · Suriname · Venezuela · Orinoco · Amazon · Trinidad · Antilles · coastline
indigenous
Originating in a region
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- AmerindianIndigenous American person
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
ancestry · lineage · descendants · native · peoples · heritage · ethnic · population · community · bloodline