region‚ they simply where hybrids of the earlier peoples of the Greater Antiles. The Tainos arived in the Caribean through Venezuela- Trinidad gate way about 30BC. The last wave of migrants from South America before the contact was the “Island Caribs so caled to diferentiate them from the
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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES ST. AUGUSTINE‚ TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO‚ WEST INDIES FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Telephone: (868) 662-2002 Ext. 83232‚ 82406‚ 82408 Fax: (868) 662-6295 Title of Course: Law‚ Governance‚ Economy and Society Course Code : FOUN 1301 Course Provider: Faculty of Social Sciences Level: I When offered: Semesters I‚ II and III Credits: 3 Contact hours: 36 Prerequisites: None Course Description: Law‚ Governance‚ Economy and Society is a multi-disciplinary course designed to offer
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Puerto Rico began to produce cattle‚ sugar cane‚ coffee and tobacco‚ which led to the importation of slaves from Africa. As a result‚ Puerto Rican bloodlines and culture evolved through a mixing of the Spanish‚ African‚ and indigenous Taíno and Carib Indian races that shared the island. Today‚ many Puerto Rican towns retain their Taíno names‚ such as Utuado‚ Mayagüez and Caguas. Over the years numerous unsuccessful attempts were made by the French‚ Dutch‚ and English to conquer the island. To
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Oppressed Religion. Since the beginning of time‚ human beings have created various cultural categories that have helped with the development of today’s society. Within the Caribbean society‚ it has been the Taínos job to develop these cultural characteristics that through time have evolved and have been part of our daily lives. Fishing‚ hunting‚ farming are cultural and labor traditions passed down to today’s society and have evolved due to new technology. Religion on the other hand‚ is one of
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“rituals” that are being performed are just everyday events that take place in every American household. Miner describes the tribe as a North American group living in the territory between the “Canadian Cree‚ the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico‚ and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles.” He goes on to say that their nation was founded by a cultural hero‚ Notgnihsaw‚ who is mainly known for two great feats of strength; the throwing of a piece of “wampum” across the river Pa-To-Mac and the chopping down of
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of Martinique. It is of volcanic origin. A chain of wooded mountains runs from north to south and from them flow many streams into fertile valleys. The first inhabitants of St. Lucia were the Arawak Indians‚ who were forced off the island by the Caribs. Explored by Spain and then France‚ St. Lucia became a British territory in 1814 and one of the Windward Islands in 1871. With other Windward Islands‚ St. Lucia was granted home rule in 1967 as one of the West Indies Associated States. On Feb. 22
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This is a summary of the 13 chapters of a history of Belize by Assad Shoman. It entails tables‚ maps and boxes‚ acknowledgments‚ foreword‚ introduction‚ map of Belize‚ then the thirteen chapters‚ notes‚ bibliography and index. It has 323 pages‚ 13 pictures‚ 16 tables‚ 3 maps‚ and 3 boxes. Assad shoman’s engaging about the social‚ political and economic history of Belize compelling relates the rich history of the peoples of Belize to the present condition in which the country finds itself. He scrutinizes
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Because why would one want to destroy and hurt a people and land he admired so? On another one of Columbus’s expeditions he mentions how they seized twelve well-endowed and plump teenagers both male and female. He justifies his capturing off the Caribs because of what they believed to be the Cannibals inhuman
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maria Section 1 September 8‚ 2011 The main idea in the article ‘’Now as well as Then: Our early forbears” by R. Orlando Marville is about a few different groups of indigenous people Lokono‚ Kalina‚ and Garifuna. The Lokono and Kalina had very different structures the Lokonos were a simple agrarian community that settled by the water for the growth of their crops and who believed that their cacique or chief could be either both man or woman. The Kalina were traditionally patrilineal which means
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came‚ Trinidad was already inhabited by indigenous people more commonly known as the Amerindians. These Amerindians consisted of many different groups but with reference to Trinidad‚ it consisted of the Tainos and the Kalinagos or the Arawaks and the Caribs. They occupied Trinidad 650 AD before Columbus’s arrival and Spain claimed Trinidad as a Spanish colony from then. The misconception they faced was that the Amerindian people did not have a right to own and control the island and that the colonization
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