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 Basin
surface form: Orinoco River 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
British Guiana
surface form: Guyana

Suriname
Venezuela
primaryRegion Caribbean
South America
relatedEthnicGroup Lokono
Taíno
Wapixana
surface form: Wapishana
socialOrganization chiefdoms
village-based communities
subgroupOf Arawak self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arawakan peoples
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 Arawak
this entity surface form: Ciboney people
Moxeño people ethnicity Arawak
this entity surface form: Arawakan people
Lokono language alternateName Arawak
this entity surface form: Arawak language
Wayuu language subfamily Arawak
this entity surface form: Northern Arawak
Resígaro language ethnolinguisticGroup Arawak
this entity surface form: Arawakan peoples
Yavitero language isPartOf Arawak
this entity surface form: Northern Arawak branch
Berbice indigenousPeoples Arawak
Ciboney language associatedEthnicity Arawak
this entity surface form: Ciboney people
Ciboney language namedAfter Arawak
this entity surface form: Ciboney people
Lucayan National Park namedAfter Arawak
this entity surface form: Lucayan people
Carib peoples relatedEthnicGroup Arawak
this entity surface form: Arawak peoples
Arawak subgroupOf Arawak self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arawakan peoples
Delta Amacuro State hasIndigenousPeoples Arawak
this entity surface form: Arawak peoples
Province of Guayana includedIndigenousGroups Arawak
this entity surface form: Arawak peoples
Lokono subgroupOf Arawak
this entity surface form: Arawak peoples
Lokono alsoKnownAs Arawak