do haitians have african and native american descent?

Answer 1

Haiti was originally inhabited by the Taíno and Arawak peoples. The Taínos were a seafaring branch of the South American Arawaks. The Arawaks are thought to have originated from peoples that immigrated to the Caribbean from South America. Taíno means "the good" or "noble" in their language. Most of the Taino-Arawak people are extinct, with majority mixing with African slaves and European conquerors. The native Taino Amerindians - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when it was discovered by COLUMBUS in 1492 - were virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. The "settlers" brought slaves with them, and Hatis' slave population reached nearly a half million in the 18th century.
So, yes, for the most part Haitians have both African and Indian, though not Native American as in US Native American descent, as well as Spanish and French from the European colonial settlements. .

Answer 2

According to the Wikipedia article on the demographics of Haiti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Haiti):
"About 90% of Haitians are of African (mainly Fon, Yoruba, Ibibio, and Igbo descent). The rest of the population is mostly of mixed Caucasian-African ancestry. A few are of European or Levantine heritage. Haiti is often acclaimed to be a black country influenced by the French, with close ties to Africa."

The Columbia Gazetteer article on Haiti (http://www.columbiagazetteer.org/public/Haiti.html)also states that "about 95% of the inhabitants are descendants of African slaves who still follow West African cultural patterns. Since the mid–19th century, however, Haiti has been dominated by the mulatto minority, which clings to French cultural traditions; the official languages of Haiti are Haitian Creole and French, although the vast majority of the people speak the former. Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion, but African nature gods are still worshipped and vodun (voodoo) rites are practiced. Economic hardship and political upheavals have caused numerous Haitians to emigrate, especially to the U.S."

Answer 3

Many Haitians are of biracial descent (and that's the reason for a number of of sophistication-hatred using fact the lighter skinned tend to be wealthier and extra appropriate knowledgeable as they're descendants of the planters and overseers from whilst it grow to be a colony). The Indian inhabitants grow to be on no account as significant as different islands and it grow to be fairly much completely killed off till now the island grow to be a French colony. For this reasons you do no longer locate the Indian factors in voodoo which you stumble on in Santaria (Cuba and different islands) or Candomble (Brazil, Colombia) the place the African ideals blended with American Indian ideals as nicely as Catholicism. An a minimum of one hundred sixty 3 hundred and sixty 5 days old asserting approximately Haiti: "that's human beings are ninety% Catholic, 10% Protestant, and a hundred% Voodoo."

Answer 4

Well, you can't really make broad generalizations about anything in Latin America.

Haitians are more likely to be of african descent because the only successful slave revolt was on Haiti. The DR side of Hispaniola tended to be where the native and European populations settled after the revolt.

Again, these are all generalizations.

Answer 5

i think so.....yes!
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