An ancient tooth has proven Taíno indigenous Americans are not extinct, as long believed, but have living descendants in the Caribbean today.

The Taino Movement. I didn’t image that in 2018 I would be opening an exhibition, not only about Indigenous legacies in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, but about the Taíno movement.

Although it’s commonly believed that the indigenous Taíno were extirpated after Spanish conquest in 1511, their bloodlines, identity and customs were never completely extinguished.

A resident of New Hampshire, she speaks several languages and was in Maine on Sunday to mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In 2019, Maine became one of several states to do away with Columbus Day.

Who Were the Taíno, the Original Inhabitants of Columbus’ Island Colonies? The Native people of Hispaniola were long believed to have died out.

Local Taíno peoples are holding close to their chests the whereabouts of their valuable indigenous ancestral relics and possessions out of fear that the Government and other groups might seek ...

The Taíno are a subgroup of the Arawak natives that spanned from northeast South America and inhabited the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico).

On the sidewalk outside of Christie’s auction house in Manhattan, Ra Ruiz León, who is Taíno, played the mayohuacán wooden slit drum.She had arrived at Christie’s with a sign reading ...

Smithsonian magazine reports that 61% of all Puerto Ricans have trace Indigenous Taíno DNA, but historians in the Puerto Rican government claim Indigenous Taíno people have been conquered and ...

Connecticut state lawmakers passed a House resolution this week recognizing the heritage of the Caribbean’s Indigenous community and its impact on Connecticut. HR 10, “Resolution Recognizing ...