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William Nicholas Arno (December 7, 1878 – 1979) was an educator and author in Guyana. He wrote a book about Victoria Village, the settlement developed by former slaves that became Victoria, Guyana. [1] He served as president of the Guyana Teachers Association. [2] He was born in Victoria, in what was then British Guiana, to a schoolmaster. [3]
Even though referred to collectively as Amerindians, the indigenous peoples in Guyana are made up of several distinct tribes or nations. Warao, Arawak, Caribs, and Wapishana are all represented in Guyana. [8] Europeans arrived in the Guianas in the search for gold in the New World, eventually settling in and colonizing Guyana and the Americas ...
The first people to reach Guyana made their way from Siberia, perhaps as far back as 20,000 years ago. These first inhabitants were nomads who slowly migrated south into Central and South America. At the time of Christopher Columbus's voyages, Guyana's inhabitants were divided into two groups, the Arawak along the coast and the Carib in the ...
Metegee: The History and Culture of Guyana. Queens Village, NY: Ashanti Books. ISBN 978-0-966-07074-3. Waugh, Evelyn (1934). Ninety-two days: The account of a tropical journey through British Guiana and part of Brazil. New York: Farrar & Rinehart. OCLC 3000330. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011
Indigenous peoples in Guyana, Native Guyanese or Amerindian Guyanese are Guyanese people who are of indigenous ancestry. They comprise approximately 9.16% of Guyana 's population. [ 1 ] Amerindians are credited with the invention of the canoe , [ 2 ] as well as Cassava-based dishes and Guyanese pepperpot , the national dish of Guyana.
The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project's places of interest in Guyana The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project , better known by its informal name " Jonestown ", was a remote settlement in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple , an American religious movement under the leadership of Jim Jones .
The museum is a non-profit institution created by the Government of Guyana to collect, exhibit and conserve artifacts relating to the ancient cultures of Guyana, to conduct anthropological research and disseminate knowledge of the Indigenous Peoples of Guyana through its in-house and out-reach programmes.
Fort Kyk-Over-Al was a Dutch fort in the colony of Essequibo, in what is now Guyana It was constructed in 1616 at the intersection of the Essequibo, Cuyuni and Mazaruni rivers. It once served as the centre for the Dutch administration of the county, but now only ruins are left.