Bahamas Natives
The name bahamas is most likely derived from either the taíno ba ha ma big upper middle land which was a term for the region used by the indigenous people or possibly from the spanish baja mar shallow water or sea or low tide reflecting the shallow waters of the area.
Bahamas natives. The bahamas had a population of over 391 232 people by 2010 with 25 9 of the residents being under 14 years old 6 9 over 65 and 67 2 between 15 years to 64 years old. Some racial mixing has occurred. The western taíno of the bahamas were known as the lucayans they were wiped out by spanish slave raids by 1520 western taíno living in cuba were known as the ciboney there are still tainos in hispaniola and jamaica.
Oct 18 2017 explore lynary s board bahamian native dishes followed by 339 people on pinterest. People of asian ancestry constitute a very small segment of the population. Bahamas native show has been entertaining and informing the bahamas for 22 years.
The archipelago is an ecological oasis boasting the clearest water on the planet. The country had a population growth of 0 925 in 2010. The earliest arrival of humans in the islands now known as the bahamas was in the first millennium ad.
The bahamas is comprised of 700 islands and over 2 000 rocks and cays sprinkled over 100 000 square miles of ocean. Alternatively it may originate from guanahani a local name of unclear meaning. Within the country a distinction is made between the capital of nassau on new providence island and the out islands of the archipelago.
Bahamas 1900 s natives at foot of giant silk cotton tree at nassau bahamas up for auction is this beautiful vintage early 1900 s postcard published by j. At the time of european contact in the late fifteenth century they were the principal inhabitants of most of cuba hispaniola the dominican republic and haiti jamaica puerto rico the bahamas and the northern lesser antilles the taíno were the first new world peoples to be encountered by christopher columbus during his 1492 voyage. The first inhabitants of the islands were the lucayans an arawakan speaking taino people who arrived between about 500 and 800 ad from other islands of the caribbean their ancestors came from mainland south america where arawakan language peoples were present in most territories and.
Over 90 6 of the people are black 2 1 mixed race and 4 7 white. The western taíno lived in the bahamas central cuba westernmost hispaniola and jamaica they spoke a dialect known as ciboney taíno or western taíno. Postcard is in very good condition and is postally unused.
The taíno were an indigenous people of the caribbean.
