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(WIC) took possession of the islands, deporting most of the small remaining Arawak and Spanish population to the continent (mostly to the Venezuelan west coast

156–163. doi:10.1080/00138385208596879. Fast, Peter W. (1953). "Amuesha (Arawak) Phonemes". International Journal of American Linguistics. 19 (3): 191–194

However, the name "Aruba" is believed to be a Hispanized Indigenous name of Arawak origin. Johan Hartog mentions in Aruba: Past and Present—From the Time of

the fourth millennium BC by various indigenous peoples, including the Arawaks, Caribs, and Wayana. Europeans arrived and contested the area in the 16th

language, music, and food. The original inhabitants of Aruba, known as the Arawak-speaking Caquetios, sustained themselves through simple farming, fishing

musical and Winti lexicon. The influence of the Cariban language, Carib and Arawak can be found in Sranan's botanical, zoological, musical, culinary and Winti

founded in 1740 outside the plantation area, where they lived with 300 Arawak. The colony had peace and trade treaties with the local Amerindians. This

with both pagan and Christian symbols that reflect the influences of the Arawak natives and the Spanish missionaries, respectively. This festival is no

Retrieved 1 June 2006. Mimi Sheller (2003). Consuming the Caribbean: From Arawaks to Zombies. International Library of Sociology. Routledge. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-134-51678-0

noted that the Caribs had been described as cannibals by the neighbouring Arawak people of the West Indies, but was initially sceptical about such claims