Damon, like his 3 older siblings, was born on the Caribbean island
of Barbados. His mother Audrey named Damon after the American
author Damon Runyon, and from a very young age Damon exhibited a
passion and love for writing; however, like most aspiring authors
Damon found it impossible to share his manuscripts with a broader
audience (until he discovered draft2digital), so for over 3 decades
his many works in many genres gathered dust on his bookshelf of
unfulfilled dreams.
Damon is a 4th generation descendant of the last traditional
Hereditary Shaman Chief Amorothe Haubariria (Flying Harpy Eagle) of
the Bariria Korobahado Lokono (Eagle Clan Arawaks) of Guyana, South
America, Moreover, the grave of Damon's great grandmother is the
only known burial site of a member of Lokono-Arawak nobility in the
entire Caribbean - and with a tombstone written in both the English
and Lokono-Arawak language, it has become a tourist attraction in
the Westbury Cemetery in the capital city of Bridgetown
Barbados.
Damon has the gift of premonition dreams and being able to see and
communicate with deceased loved ones, and since he married back
into the tribe at the age of 19 in 1992, Damon has become the most
radical indigenous activists the Caribbean has produced in living
memory, and his real-life escapades and supernatural experiences
feature in his writings.
Damon was a member of the Caribbean Caucus on the Indigenous
Peoples working group of the Organization of American States (OAS)
from 2000 to 2016, and helped create the Declaration of The
Americas on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and he has been a
registered participant of the United Nations Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) since 2007 (where he also co-mentors
international students and writes for the Tribal Link Foundation),
as well as being an autodidact journalist with news articles
published in 4 continents, and a writer for the Last Real Indians
indigenous media website.
Damon (46) and his wife Shirling (44) have 4 living children, sons
Hatuey Francis (26) and Tecumseh Shawandase (23), and daughters
Sabantho Aderi (20) and Laliwa Hadali, and all live in
Barbados.
Damon can be followed in Instagram @eagleclanarawaks
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