HaitiResearched via:

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Student Name:Symone Haynes

Date: May 28, 2010

Where is Haiti located?

Flag, Motto, Anthem:

• L'Union Fait La Force (French, "Union Makes Strength").

Sports:

• Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Haiti, though basketball is growing in popularity.[3] Hundreds of small football clubs compete at the local level.

History:• The island of Hispaniola, of which

Haiti occupies the western third, is one of many Caribbean islands inhabited at the time of European arrival by the Taíno Indians, speakers of an Arawakan language. The Taíno name for the entire island was Kiskeya. In the Taíno societies of the Caribbean Islands, the largest unit of political organization was led by a cacique; hence the term 'caciquedom' (French caciquat, Spanish cacicazgo) for these Taíno polities, which are often called "chiefdoms". Before the arrival of Christopher Columbus, the island of Hispaniola was divided among five or six long-established caciquedoms

Famous People / Role Models:

• Wyclef Jean

What do you or your peers like the most about Haiti?

• The Foood