Tainos: And their impact on the Caribbean Outline Thesis Statement: The Taino Indians‚ a unique group in Hispaniola‚ made many contributions to the Caribbean that are still shared and practiced in modern-day society. Introduction I. Background A. Definition of Taino B. Culture / Lifestyle II. History A. Housing / dress B. Food / agriculture C. Transportation
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Carib‚ Island Carib‚ or Kalinago people‚ after whom the Caribbean Sea was named‚ are a group of people who live in the Lesser Antilles islands. They are an Amerindian people whose origins lie in the southern West Indies and the northern coast of South America. The people spoke either a Carib language or a pidgin‚ but the Caribs’ regular raids on other groups resulted in so many female Arawak captives that it was not uncommon for the women to speak Kalhíphona‚ a Maipurean language (Arawakan). In
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Who are the Taino? The Taino (pronounced Tah-EE-no) were the first "American" Indigenous Peoples encountered by Christopher Columbus and other Europeans in the Caribbean Islands in 1492. The Taino are also the first Indigenous Peoples to be referred to as "Indians" (Indios) in the Western Hemisphere. The traditional territories of the Taino extended throughout the Greater Antilles‚ the Bahamas‚ and even the Southern tip of Florida. The word "Taino" means "good people" in their ancient language
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Climate Change Risk Assessment Report: Portland Bight Protected Area Prepared by Climate Studies Group‚ Mona (Jamaica) University of the West Indies For: Caribbean Coastal Areas Management Foundation (C-CAM) April 2013 ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT This report will form one of five deliverables of a consultancy awarded by the Caribbean Coastal Areas Management Foundation (C-CAM) to the Climate Studies Group‚ Mona (CSGM). It is an assessment of the physical and socio-economic vulnerabilities
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Similarities between carib and taino These two cultures were primitive both societies did not develop beyond the family village settlement stage Farming activities were carried out almost entirely by the women. Fishing and hunting was done by men. They both have similar custom‚ were people flatten the forehead of their babies They enjoyed singing‚ music‚ and tobacco smoking. The technology of tianoes and caribes were skill at constructing and using dugout cones for fishing and
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Caribbean Title: social networking on the social life Name: Delano Morant School: Portmore Community College Centre #: Candidate #: Teacher: Ms. Linda Henry Subject: Caribbean Studies Year: 2013-2014 Territory: Jamaica ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am thankful to all the individuals who made this internal assessment a success. I am grateful to the Savior for the strength he has provided me with to carryout this research‚ and also I appreciate the
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Functions of the Cacique: A Civil Leader Organizing the Harvest * One of the principle duties of the cacique was to organize the harvest for his tribe. The chieftain was in charge of determining the best places to plant the crops. All caciques had the right to clear land if they wished to grow produce at a given spot. He was also in charge of deciding when to plant and when to harvest the fields. Leading Construction * Construction was an important part of life for primitive tribes in
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This essay seeks to ascertain the extent to which the earliest people of the region are still considered the ‘Caribs’ and ‘Arawaks’ rather than the ‘Neoindians’. However‚ no discourse on the significance of these names can be engaged in without mention being made of the name‚ Christopher Columbus. Columbus was a Genoese adventurer who believed that by sailing west he could find Asia or the Indies and great wealth in the form of gold. This led to at least four expeditions into the ‘New World’. For
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by Alan Gregor Cobely; pgs 23-30 TAINO AND KALINAGO RESISTANCE TO EUROPEANS According to recent archaeological evidence‚ the Kalinago were the last migrant group to settle in the Caribbean prior to the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. The Columbus mission found three native groups‚ of different derivation and cultural attainments‚ but all of whom entered the Caribbean from the region of South America known as the Guianas. These were the Ciboney‚ the Taino (Arawaks) and the Kalinago. The Ciboney
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Taíno Indians‚ a subgroup of the Arawakan Indians (a group of American Indians in northeastern South America)‚ The Arawakan achievements included construction of ceremonial ball parks whose boundaries were marked by upright stone dolmens‚ development of a universal language‚ and creation of a complicated religious cosmology. The Arawak/Taino society was basically a very gentle culture. It was characterized by happiness‚ friendliness and a highly organized hierarchical‚ paternal society‚ and
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