Damon is part of the 100 member Barbados-born Lokono-Arawak community (all one family of cousins), 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.
Damon is a 4th generation descendant heir 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 (the only one of its kind in the world), it has become a tourist attraction in the Westbury Cemetery in the capital city of Bridgetown Barbados.
Damon has become the most famous Caribbean-born 21st Century voice for indigenous peoples in the Caribbean, having helped to create the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the Organization of American States/OAS (from the year 2000-2016), in co-mentoring over 200 International Indigenous students for the Tribal Link Foundation at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since 2007, and, since 2021, as a Filmmaker and creator of a 100% Grassroots Caribbean Indigenous Film Industry, 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 can be followed on Instagram @eagleclanarawaks & @ firstnationsproductions
Damon has become the most famous Caribbean-born 21st Century voice for indigenous peoples in the Caribbean, having helped to create the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the Organization of American States/OAS (from the year 2000-2016), in co-mentoring over 200 International Indigenous students for the Tribal Link Foundation at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since 2007, and, since 2021, as a Filmmaker and creator of a 100% Grassroots Caribbean Indigenous Film Industry, 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 can be followed on Instagram @eagleclanarawaks & @ firstnationsproductions
