Columbus claimed the peaceful Arawaks, who also lived there, were terrorised by Carib raiders who he said 'practiced abduction of women and cannibalism of men'. 'I've spent years trying to prove ...

The Garifuna, a distinctive ethnic group, are the descendants of a fusion of Carib, African, and Arawak heritage. Their ...

St Lucia was first inhabited by the peaceful Arawak Indians, but they were conquered by their old enemies, the fierce Caribs. Columbus navigator was the first European to discover St Lucia in 1499.