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Arawaks TERM PAPER "The First Bahamians: Lucayan Migration through the Caribbean" BY KINNARD MEADOWS 000-03-4038 COLLEGE OF THE BAHAMAS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULLFILMENT
first people The first people to come to Jamaica were people from Venezuela, known as the Arawaks. They are thought to have come to Jamaica in two major waves, the
for his contributions to Western Society? When Columbus and his men arrived on shore the Arawaks ran to greet them with food, water, and gifts. Columbus later wrote:
refuse, and burial places convey but a mystery of their time. The Amerindians or the Arawaks were short, olive skinned people who bound their foreheads during infancy
natives were the Arawak Indians, and the island they were on was the Bahama Islands. The Arawaks gave them food, water, and incredible gifts. Columbus took some of
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TERM PAPER
"The First Bahamians: Lucayan Migration through the Caribbean"
BY
KINNARD MEADOWS
000-03-4038
COLLEGE OF THE BAHAMAS
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULLFILMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HISTORY 112
TO
MR. STEPHEN B. ARANHA
032006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
The Caribbean is a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands, and the surrounding coasts. The Caribbean is located southeast of Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north and west of South America, the Caribbean is usually considered a sub region of North America.
The Caribbean is positioned largely on the Caribbean Plate; the area comprises more than 7,000 islands, islets, reefs, and cays. The West Indies consist of the Antilles, divided into the larger Greater Antilles which bound the sea on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the east, and the Bahamas is northeast of the sea.
The "Lukku-cairi" or island people, as they called themselves, were the first settlers to the Bahamas. They were originally from South America and migrated through the Caribbean and finally arrived in The Bahamas around 800 AD. They are known as Arawaks, also called Lucayans. Indians was a tag given by Columbus, who mistakenly thought he found the East Indies when he dropped anchor in San Salvador in 1492. At the time of Columbus' first stopover in the Bahamas, the Caribbean was the home of the Arawaks....
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