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Modern day Garinagu (plural of Garifuna) are not Native Americans, but trace their ancestry to both descendants of captured Africans and Arawak and Carib Indians. The name Garifuna is a derivative of the Carib word Kalipuna which was what the Caribs called themselves, which means cassava (manioc) eater. Modern day Garifuna in appearance appear mainly to be of African descent.

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