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Tainos
Tainos
By Nashia Graneau-Barrie
Why should Indigenous culture be
explored?
• The indigenous peoples of the Caribbean were not only the original settlers of the region, but they
are a groups which have contributed to what can be considered as the Caribbean’s Kaleidoscope of
cultures.
• They share history that binds them together such as their presence in the Caribbean; their
establishment of settlements; and the encounter with Europeans.
Before settling in the Americas
• The first human beings to arrive in the Americas entered from Asia
approximately 50 000 years ago.
• They crossed by means of the land and ice bridge which connected
Siberia and Alaska at the time, in the area of what is now the Bering
Strait.
• The very first settlers who arrived in the island Caribbean from
either Central or South America, around 5000 BC or slightly later
Reasons for choosing the Americas to settle