Arawak

agency. No indian was ever forced to convert, or was punished because they didn't. There is no doubt that the Jesuits had good intentions and infact were not guilty of robbing the indians of their culture. Contrary to what Columbus wanted with the Arawaks, the Jesuit’s goal was for them to live in harmony with the Guarani. Unfortunately that was cut short because of the Portuguese; the true cultural genocide…

Introduction Everyone has a goal or a mission in life that they want to achieve. There are various ways that these goals can be thwarted. However, these goals can be achieved if one is resistant. Resistance has been demonstrated in a number of ways throughout history and an important time that resistance was demonstrated was during slavery in the Caribbean. Some forms of resistance that the slaves use are running away, destroying property, malingering, thieving, murdering and committing suicide.…

He begins his journey to Asia, where the gold is said to be located. Columbus is ill equipped for his long journey across the unknown seas. The Indians know as the Arawak Indians, and they were described as being naked, and full of wonder. They came out from their villages and greeted the travelers with open arms and gifts. Arawak seemed selfless and very willing to share whatever they owned. These Indians were extremely excited about a massive ship known as the “Santa Maria” that they have…

away from the seashores, you may want to tour the history of Aruba via Aruba sightseeing tours. The first humans to wander to the Aruba were the Caiquetios, also identified as the Arawak. Their origin is from the Orinoco Basin in South America and they wandered down to threats from the unruly Carib. The existence of the Arawak tribes thousands of years ago can be found on some of the town forenames found around the Aruba island, such as Turibana, Guadirikiri, Camacuri, Andicuri and Bushiri. All…

Columbus was his behavior towards the Natives. A quote by Queen’s article stating, “Columbus immediately began gathering Arawaks - people who he had earlier called “the best people under the sun, with neither ill will nor treachery” - to take back to Spain to sell in the slave Markets.” Not only does it show that Columbus was a hypocrite, but also that he was cruel. Columbus had the Arawak men work the mines and if they failed to produce the requisite amount of gold, hands and feet would be cut…

how the Arawaks - the first Native Americans that Columbus met - were a community based, agriculturally centered people, adding that they had no horses, work animals, or iron, therefore living a peaceful, somewhat primitive civilization, with no defense against outsiders with malicious intent. However, by focusing on the Arawaks, Zinn completely ignores the other Native American tribes that Columbus encountered, such as the South American Aztecs who had a harsher culture than the Arawaks, which…

It seems as if Columbus's reign of terror started instantaneously, the first Arawak Indians that swam to the boats to greet Columbus and his crew were taken as prisoners and ordered to guide Columbus toward a source of gold. Columbus observed that there were visible bits of gold in the rivers and mistakenly assumed that Cuba was rich with gold. Columbus returned in 1495 with more ships and a much larger crew. 500 Arawak Indians were taken as slaves and roughly 200 of the slaves died on the way…

forced to abandon two of his ships and finally had to beach his last two caravels on the north coast of an island now known as Jamaica, on June 25, 1503. [See amazing images of the total lunar eclipse on Oct. 8, 2014] Initially, the native peoples (Arawak Indians) welcomed the castaways, providing them with food and…

It's hard to not be on the side that criticizes Columbus when almost all of his actions and crimes against the natives were in contradiction to his praises. It states that the primary purpose of Europeans in the New World was to bring the divine truth of Jesus Christ to the natives. It goes on to say that Columbus was praised for being a devout Christian who moved to liberate the Holy land from Islamic rule. However, at what cost was the divine truth brought to the New World? Wasn't his own…

taking advantage of the loyal and hard-working crew by stealing money and belongings from the crew while simultaneously mocking them. Next, once Columbus founded land in the New World by defeating the Native Americans (Arawaks) and then stealing the land and valuable supplies from the Arawaks to make the land their own personal settling spot. Though, these reasons show Columbus’s dark side, some praise Columbus for the good works Columbus had to bring into the New World. A few reasons some call…