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Arawak Jaron Almeciga Period 6

The Arawak arrived around 650 AD. The second wave arrived between 850 and 900 AD. Also Arawak indians our american indians who lived in the greater antilles and south America. They were among the first few indian tribes that christopher columbus came in contact with along with the taino tribe on his way to hispaniola. The Arawaks spoke the language of arawakan linguistic group. Some of the villages that the awaken lived in had more than 3,000 inhabitants.
The now extinct arawakan
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