Indigenous People

Migratory Pattern

Indigenous –Originated and living in an area

naturally

Nomads – People who have no permanent

home and move from place to place in search of food water and land

Migrate – to move from one place to

another

From Siberia to the Americas

Indigenous IndiansTaino/ Arawak Carib/ Kalinago

Incas

Indigenous Indians

Mayans

Settlement

Settlement

The Indigenous people/”Nomadic hunters “moved out of East Asia

out of their need for food.

They were following buffalo and deer, when the herds moved the

people moved after them.

Mayan settled in the Yucatan; Belize, Guatemala, Honduras

Movement from Asia

Kalinago and Arawaks/ Taino went to South America and

occupied Brazil, Peru, Bolivia.

They later migrated up into Venezuela ; crossed the Orinoco

River/ Valley.

Taino later settled in the Greater Antilles and Kalinogo the Lesser

Antilles

Movement from Asia

Lifestyle

and Culture

of The

Indigenous

Groups

The

Taino

Choose the correct letter from column (B ) that matches column (A).

A B

___ Taino a. Yucatan___ Inca b. Antilles___ Mayan c. Guatemala___ Aztecs d. Mexico

Class work

SettlementBahamas –

LucayansHispaniolaCubaJamaicaPuerto Rico -

Borinuens

Short to middle height with olive brown complexion

Well shaped and slim except in Hispaniola where they were fat

Good looking but spoil themselves with artificial means

Flat heads

Appearance

Had broad nose and flared nostrils

Black straight coarse hair which they wore long.

Men usually go naked. Married women wore a cloth around their loins

Tainos painted their bodies

Wore nose rings , jewelry and ornament

Appearance

Subsistent Living/Food

Tainos occupation were: Hunting, Farming and

Fishing. The did this on a

subsistent level: enough for

themselves and their family,

nothing for resale.

They ate food from all the

food groups.

The ate several types of fish,

turtle, manatee (sea turtle

Culture

Flatten the foreheads of their new born ;

As a sign of beauty

To withstand blows

Ease in carrying load

Smoked tobaccoPainted their bodies ; paint made from

oil and bark of tree

Slept in hammock

Cultural Practices

Taino food Main staple was cassava, sweet potatoes and maize/ corn

Tainos enjoyed hunted animal and insects like coney, agouti, birds and iguanaFruits include; pineapples, mammee apples, star apples, guava and cahsew

Their main dish was the pepper pot stew

The favourite dish of the

Taino was the pepper pot

stew. A great stew or soup into which went meat, vegetables,

nuts and pepper.

Taino made intoxicating drink from

cassava

Their style of food

preparation include stewing,

baking and roasting

Taino Food

Taino lived near the sea; to view the enemy when they would attack.

Communities were small- nearly a hundredThere were two types of houses The Bohio – for the chiefThe Caneye – for commonersThe Bohio was rectangular while the

caneye circular• House had thatch roof and little furniture –

clay pots, stool, table

Community Layout

The Caneye

Bohio and Hammock

Houses had no window and only one entrance

Roof were thatched in a conical shape and a hole left in the top through which smoke could go.

Outside the house was a provision ground

Taino Houses

Head leader was the Caciue

Government