🌍🏺 Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Islands Long before European voyages the Caribbean was home to vibrant Indigenous nations who shaped island life through agriculture trade religion and complex social systems. The Taíno lived across the Greater Antilles with matrilineal inheritance and Cacique leadership while cultivating cassava maize and yams near coastal routes that encouraged networked trade. Their religious practices honored zemis which guided fertility weather and community order. C

Haitian history, African diaspora history, Indigenous history, and Black liberation begin long before European arrival. This video explains what existed on the island of Ayiti before colonization—and what happened next. In this video, you’ll learn: - What the island of Ayiti was called before Haiti - Who the Arawak people were - Population estimates before 1492 - How colonization reshaped the Caribbean - Why this history is often left out of textbooks This is an educational breakdown of early Ca