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The Lucayans were part of a larger Taíno population in the Greater Antilles. The Lucayans, along with the Taínos in Jamaica, most of Cuba and parts of western Hispaniola have been classified as part of a Sub-Taíno, Western Taíno or Ciboney Taíno cultural and language group. Keegan describes any distinctions between Lucayans and Classical ...
Taino (Lucayan dialect) Big Water Island Little Inagua: Guanahaní: wa+na+ha+ni: Taino (Lucayan dialect) Small Upper Waters Land Ragged Island: Utiaquia: huti+ya+kaya: Taino (Lucayan dialect) Western Hutia Island Crooked/Jumento: Jume(n)to: ha+wo+ma+te: Taino (Lucayan dialect) Upper Land of the Middle Distance Exuma: Curateo: ko+ra+te+wo: Taino ...
Taino reenactment in Puerto Rico. The Taíno, an Arawak people, were the major population group throughout most of the Caribbean. Their culture was divided into three main groups, the Western Taíno, the Classic Taíno, and the Eastern Taíno, with other variations within the islands.
Mayaguana was inhabited by Lucayans (Taino) prior to the arrival of the Spanish following 1492. After the last of the Lucayans were carried off to Hispaniola by the Spanish early in the 16th century, the island remained uninhabited until 1812, when people began to migrate from the Turks and Caicos Islands, which are located about 100 km (62 mi) southeast.
Cayetano Coll y Toste's 1901 map of Puerto Rico caciques [42] The Taíno were the most culturally advanced of the Arawak group to settle in what is now Puerto Rico. [43] Individuals and kinship groups that previously had some prestige and rank in the tribe began to occupy the hierarchical position that would give way to the cacicazgo. [44]
Lucayans, Greater Antilles and Bahamas 700 AD–1500 AD [2] – group encountered by Columbus Nepoya and Suppoya , Trinidad [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Igneri , Dominica 500 AD, St. Croix 650 AD, Puerto Rico 1000 AD [ 2 ]
For almost 700 years, the Taino and Lucayan were the sole residents of the islands, settling mainly in Middle Caicos and Grand Turk. They lived peacefully and were skilled in farming, fishing and gardening. They cultivated almost 50 types of plants, some of which can still be found on undeveloped sections of the islands.
The Spanish may have carried away as many as 40,000 Lucayans by 1513. A 1520 expedition by the Spanish discovered only 11 people in The Bahamas; the Lucayans were effectively eradicated from these islands. The islands of the Bahamas, including Andros Island, remained uninhabited thereafter for approximately 130 years. [7]