José Barreiro Bridges Two Realities and Two Worlds With Taíno: A Novel

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The Taíno were the first to greet Christopher Columbus when he arrived in 1492 and were thus some of the earliest Indigenous Peoples to be decimated by colonization...

I Am Taíno: Exploring the Indigenous Roots Throughout the Caribbean

Michelle Tirado
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Extinguished. Vanished. Wiped out...

Smithsonian Forums on the Living Indigenous Legacies of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

Rick Kearns
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The Taino presence in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico can be found in the people and the cultures according to scholars conducting research in both places...

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH: Celebrate Today With the Jatibonicu Taíno Tribal Nation

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Today, November 1, is the first day of Native American Heritage Month, and ICTMN is highlighting events celebrating the month every day in November...

2011 Retrospective: April

ICTMN Staff
December 29, 2011
The White Wash Walter Plecker, Virginia’s registrar in the 1920s, eradicated records of Indian births and marriages to support his directive that all Indians be categorized as blac...
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Consciousness of Taino: Explorations of Identity

In the Greater Antilles, Taino is in the mind. Taino is nation and movement, ancestry and identity. Taino, the term, is mentioned in the early chronicles of conquest, recorded to mean "the good people" or the "noble people."...

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President Declares Emergency for Puerto Rico

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August 23, 2011
In response to the affects of Hurricane Irene on August 21, The U.S...

Shunned Columbus Statue May Be Erected in Puerto Rico

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August 22, 2011
A controversial statue of Christopher Columbus, built 20 years ago and intended commemorate the 500th anniversary of his arrival in 1492, might finally be erected—somewhere in Puer...

More Puerto Ricans Identify Themselves as Indian, According to Latest Census

Rick Kearns
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Close to 20,000 people in Puerto Rico identified themselves as “American Indian” in the 2010 U.S...

Hurricane Sandy Swept Caribbean First, Causing at Least 70 Deaths

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Turtle Island’s indigenous were picking up the pieces from Hurricane Sandy and breathing a sigh of relief on November 3, grateful that despite fairly significant damage, no tribal ...

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