Connecticut lawmakers want to acknowledge the Indigenous heritage of Caribbean islands like Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica and ...

It’s been 514 years since the Taíno people, one of the major indigenous groups in the pre-Columbian Caribbean, first rebelled against the Spanish Conquistadors. By that time, the Spanish had ...

One of the early Spanish recorders of the Taino culture, and probably the most sympathetic, was Bartolomeo de las Casas. He arrived on Hispaniola in 1502, and he described the rituals in which the ...

Those were prized possessions of theirs.” Cuevas’ business, Taíno Trinkets, specializes in Native American jewelry, emphasizing Taíno culture and using materials sourced from Borinken.

“Together (with contemporary artwork on view in the exhibition section devoted to the Taíno), they reflect the presence of Taíno culture in the United States and the Caribbean today and resist ...

Black Afro-Caribbean people became the majority population for most Caribbean countries Arawak and Taino language and culture was virtually eradicated from the Caribbean. African languages ...