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Bookmark or Share- Who Were the Taíno, the Original Inhabitants of Columbus’ Island ...Given the dramatic collapse of the indigenous society, and the emergence of a population blending Spanish, Indigenous and African attributes, one might be tempted to declare the Taíno extinct.
- Taíno Culture History – Historical Archaeology - Florida MuseumMost researchers agree that the cultural ancestry of the Taínos can be traced to Arawakan-speaking people living along the Orinoco River in South America. At about 1,000 BC, these people, known to archaeologists as “ Saladoi d” were living in large settled towns, cultivated manioc and corn, and made elaborate painted pottery.
- Taino | History & Culture | BritannicaTaino, Arawakan-speaking people who at the time of Christopher Columbus’s exploration inhabited what are now Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
- Taíno - WikipediaTaíno is a term referring to a historic Indigenous people of the Caribbean, whose culture has been continued today by their descendants and Taíno revivalist communities. [2][3][4] Indigenous people in the Greater Antilles did not refer to themselves as Taínos, as the term was coined by the anthropologist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1836. [2] .
- Taíno: Indigenous Caribbeans - Black History Month 2024Completing this week with the largest indigenous Caribbean ethnic group, BHM365 sheds the light on another group who has changed the Americas. The Taíno were an Arawak people who were the indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida.
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