The words mean hammock, hurricane and peanut butter. They are part of the Arawak language spoken by Tainos and later incorporated into the Spanish language. Tainos, a mixture of various groups, ...
The first indigenous people encountered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 are not always widely recognized. Patricia Chali’naru Dones, a Newton resident, works to preserve the culture of Puerto Rico’s ...
1492: Dec. 5, Columbus lands on a large island he names Isla Española (Spanish Island), later changed to Hispaniola. It is inhabited by Taino and Arawak Indians.1503: First Africans brought to ...
SAN LORENZO, Puerto Rico (AP) – In Puerto Rico's misty, bamboo-studded mountains, elementary school students are studying a nearly extinct language, beating on drums and growing native crops like ...
Members of Concilio Taíno Guatu-Ma-cu-A-Borikén present an areyto (communal song-dance) for the public in 2017 in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Watkins Watkins Members of Concilio Taíno ...
Ricky and Emil Collado turned a teenager’s frustration with golf’s lack of Latino representation into Taíno Golf, a thriving apparel brand that celebrates indigenous Caribbean culture. Now, as both ...
Marie Lily Cerat, a public school teacher and community activist, has a dream – a big dream – and she hopes to see it come true by December. For the Caribbean community, New York City and the world, ...
The Taíno were an indigenous American people who were among the first to feel the impact of European colonisation after Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492. They lived in dense, well-organised ...
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