🇹🇹📘 First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago Historical evidence shows Amerindian peoples lived in Trinidad for nearly 6000 years before European arrival. Its location near South America positioned the island as a key entry point for Arawakan and Cariban language families whose cultures stretched across the Caribbean. By 1592, Spanish records documented a population of at least 40000 Indigenous inhabitants across several named groups. Arima holds particular historical significance as a stronghold