Who are the Arawak People?

The first human inhabitants of the Virgin Islands were the Arawak Indians. The Arawaks were descendants of coastal Indians from what is now Venezuela and Guyana who were forced out of that area by more aggressive tribes. They island hopped up the Antillean chain until they reached the Virgin Islands sometime around 300 AD. The Arawaks lived peacefully here, fishing and farming, until the fierce and cannibalistic Carib Indians moved into the area about 100 years before the arrival of Columbus

ARAWAK
Arawaks & the History of St Thomas & St John
Arawaks & the History of Jamaica
The Arawaks

Other Arawak & Pan Amerindian Sites