Arawak
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Arawak is an exonym used for various groups of Indigenous peoples in northern South America and the Caribbean. The term "Arawak" has been applied at different times to several Indigenous groups, inclu
Arawak woman, by John Gabriel Stedman
An artistic depiction of a Lokono village in Suriname, 1860.
Lokono people gathered for an audience with the Dutch Governor in Paramaribo, Suriname, 1880
Garifuna family, 1773 painting
Kalinago
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The Kalinago, also historically known by the exonyms Island Caribs or simply Caribs, are an Indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. They may have been related to the Kalina of South
Arawak
…peoples of the Caribbean or South America referred to themselves as Arawak. Early Spanish explorers and administrators used the terms Arawak and Caribs to distinguish the peoples of the Caribbean, with Carib reserved for Indigenous groups that they considered hostile and Arawak for groups that they…
Carib family (by John Gabriel Stedman 1818)
Drawing of a Carib woman (1888)
Greenstone ceremonial axe. From shell midden, Mt Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957.
A Family of Carib natives drawn from life, by Agostino Brunias, c. 1765 – 1770s