Arawak

When we look at back into history, there are many events that occurred in order to reach the point where were are now in our current society. There are several lessons that teach the perspective of only one side of the story. By looking at historic events from the viewpoint of the victims, we can see a whole new outlook on how our history affected everyone involved. Howard Zinn describes these outlooks perfectly in Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress. Perhaps some of the “heroes” in…

contact between Native Americans and Europeans was actually an accident. The Spanish dispatched Christopher Columbus in hopes to find a faster trade route to Asia. Only one fourth of the way there Columbus landed in the Bahamas where he was met by the Arawak Indians as they swam out to the Spanish ships to meet him. The Native people gained the title Indians because Columbus believed they had landed in India hence the name Indians. The objective for Columbus then shifted away from finding a…

In the article Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner, Americans are described as a very unique and exotic tribe because of their extreme rituals. All rituals being as simple as looking into the mirror, shaving, potty training, women going to a beauty salon, and even going to the dentist. Miner also says that anthropologists also think of this tribe as extraordinary to make our curiosity grow even further. He also adds a magical and tribal tone to the article. The author's purpose in…

who “found” this great land. I put found in quotations, because it is a myth that Columbus and his crew found America. They really found the Bahama Islands, and even then, all he found was an already populated land. There were natives, known as the Arawaks, already living there, and they had been there for centuries before Columbus arrived. The natives greeted…

Castries, the Capital of the Caribbean Island, St. Lucia Author Derek Walcott has used the diversity of his home country, St. Lucia, as a main theme in many of his poems. Castries, the capital of his home country, has a very diverse culture due to a rich history and heritage, which is evident in their ethnic groups and unique dialect (Wikipedia Culture). Castries was founded in 1650 by the French after St. Lucia was purchased by, the governor of Martinique, Jacques Dyel du Parquet. The early…

Drinking magical potions seems disparate, right? As a member of a society, more specifically a culture, the underlying intention is to foster a bond of kinship; you’re a member because you share experiences, ideas, and beliefs. That membership is defined by its own set of peculiarities and habits. The everyday rituals of the Nacirema reflect the attitudes and behaviors fostered by their culture, their shared expression of belonging. Their entire lives are dependent on their rituals, at least…

Venezuela is in South America, between Columbia and Guyana. It’s bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a humid, tropical climate, but its more moderate in the highlands. The capital is Caracas. As of 2014, the population was 28,868,486. They have an ethnic make-up of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African and indigenous people. Most of the people are predominately Roman Catholic, 96%. The rest are Protestant, 2%, and other, 2%. There are about 40 languages…

Only ‘90s kids remember when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Of course, these would be the children of the 1490s. Columbus faced numerous difficulties and rejections. He was land-zoned by Portugal and twice by Italy before Spain decided to invest. However, the Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon put him on hold until 1492, due to the Reconquista. The Santa Maria, Pinta, and Niña left Spain in August of 1492, heading for China and India. In contradiction to his plans, the…

The term culture is known as a community or population large enough to be self sustaining (Jandt, 2004). Well the culture I have chosen to study is the Brazil part of South America. The reason I chose Brazil is well, because I'm interested in visiting there sometime throughout my life. Brazil is South America's largest country by both population and actual size (Brazil, 2016). The language that is spoken in Brazil is Portuguese. Nearly all of the population here speaks the same language. Along…

Before Spanish colonization in 1521, Venezuela was inhabited by Carib, Arawak, and Chibcha indigenous peoples. After a long period of Spanish oppression, Venezuelans rebelled against colonial rule in 1749, but did not succeed until 1810, when Spain was weakened by Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion; in 1811, Venezuela’s Independence Act was signed. In 1829, Venezuela seceded from Gran Colombia to become its own independent state. It goes through several presidents before Antonio Guzman Blanco is…