Editing Arawak (section)

==Notable Arawak==
* Damon Gerard Corrie, a Barbados Lokono of Guyana Lokono descent and radical international Indigenous rights activist. He founded the militant Indigenous Democracy Defence Organization (IDDO), a pan-tribal and multi-racial Indigenous [[Nongovernmental organisation|NGO]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ctrcenter.org/en/news/7096-the-law-on-the-indigenous-peoples-of-ukraine-does-not-fully-comply-with-international-standards-damon-gerard-corrie |title=The Law on the Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine does not fully comply with international standards – Damon Gerard Corrie &#124; CTRC |publisher=Ctrcenter.org |accessdate=2022-08-08 |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808023455/https://ctrcenter.org/en/news/7096-the-law-on-the-indigenous-peoples-of-ukraine-does-not-fully-comply-with-international-standards-damon-gerard-corrie |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has published a Phonetic English-to-Arawak dictionary,<ref>{{cite book | last=Corrie | first=D. | title=A Phonetic English to Arawak Dictionary | publisher=Damon Corrie | year=2021 | isbn=979-8-201-10203-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtOnzgEACAAJ}}</ref> literature covering Lokono-Arawak Culture,<ref>{{cite book|title=Lokono-Arawaks: Corrie, Damon: 9781393432555: Amazon.com: Books |date= 2 September 2020|isbn=978-1393432555 |last1=Corrie |first1=Damon}}</ref> and also written about traditional Lokono-Arawak spirituality (''Amazonia's Mythical and Legendary Creatures in the Eagle Clan Lokono-Arawak Oral Tradition of Guyana'').<ref>{{cite book|title=Amazonia's Mythical and Legendary Creatures in the Eagle Clan Lokono-Arawak Oral Tradition of Guyana: 9781393821069: Corrie, Damon: Books |date= 14 October 2019|isbn=978-1393821069 |last1=Corrie |first1=Damon}}</ref> In 2021, Corrie published the children's book ''Last Arawak Girl Born in Barbados – a 17th Century Tale'', which critiques popular depictions of pre-colonial Barbados as uninhabited.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Last Arawak girl born in Barbados – A 17th Century Tale: Corrie, Damon: 9781393841937: Amazon.com: Books |date=2021-09-28 |isbn=978-1393841937 |last1=Corrie |first1=Damon }}</ref>  
* [[John P. Bennett]] (Lokono), first Amerindian ordained as an Anglican priest in Guyana, linguist, and author of ''An Arawak-English Dictionary'' (1989).<ref>{{cite web | title=As Indigenous Heritage Month continues&nbsp;... Indigenous artists pay homage to Lokono Priest John Bennett | website=Guyana Chronicle | date=2015-09-13 | url=https://guyanachronicle.com/2015/09/13/as-indigenous-heritage-month-continues-indigenous-artists-pay-homage-to-lokono-priest-john-bennett/ | access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref>
* [[Foster Simon]], Artist,<ref>{{cite web|author=Neola Damon |url=https://dpi.gov.gy/indigenous-art-exhibition-honours-george-simon// |title=Indigenous art exhibition honors George Simon – Department of Public Information, Guyana |publisher=Dpi.gov.gy |date=2019-09-08 |accessdate=2022-08-08}}</ref>
* [[Johannes Karwafodi]], a Lokono anthropologist from Suriname who contributed to the field of colonial science.<ref>{{cite journal
	| last1 = Rybka
	| first1 = Konrad 
	| last2 = 
	| first2 = 
	| date = 2023
	| title = Reconstructing Lokono Contributions to Science
	| url = https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1382237323000600
	| journal = New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe WestIndische Gids
	| volume = 97
	| issue = 1-2
	| pages = 53–81
	| doi = 
	| access-date = December 30, 2024
}}</ref>
* [[Oswald Hussein]], Artist
* [[Jean La Rose]], Arawak environmentalist and Indigenous rights activist in Guyana.
* [[Lenox Shuman]], Guyanese politician
* [[George Simon (artist and archaeologist)|George Simon]] (Lokono), artist and archaeologist from Guyana.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Arawaks left their physical signatures here – George Simon | website=Guyana Chronicle | date=2015-09-07 | url=https://guyanachronicle.com/2015/09/07/arawaks-left-their-physical-signatures-here-george-simon/ | access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref>
* [[Tituba]], one of the first women to be accused of practicing [[witchcraft]] during the [[Salem witch trials]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Tituba's Race—Black, Indian, Mixed? How Would We Know? | website=ThoughtCo | date=2010-01-01 | url=https://www.thoughtco.com/what-was-titubas-race-3530573 | access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref>
* [[Dominic King]], the first Olympian of Arawakian heritage.