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LUCAYAN LIVING
Living primarily off the sea, the Lucayan people, a tribe of Arawaks, evolved skills as pot-
ters, carvers and boat-builders, and they spun and wove cotton into clothing and hammocks,
which they traded with neighbors. Religion played a central role in Arawak life. They wor-
shiped various gods who were thought to control the rain, sun, wind, and hurricanes. The
little that remains of their culture is limited to pottery shards, petroglyphs, and English words
such as 'canoe,' 'cannibal,' 'hammock,' 'hurricane,' and 'tobacco.'
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