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Bookmark or Share- Taino | History & Culture | BritannicaFlorida Museum - Taíno Culture History; Ancient Origins - The last traces of the Taino: Puerto Rican ceremonial sites stand as testament of a rich culture; PNAS - Anthropology - Origins and genetic legacies of the Caribbean Taino; CRW Flags - Taino Flags
- History - Taino MuseumThe Taíno civilization indigenous to the Greater Antilles-Caribbean Sea (Hispaniola) flourished in the islands including Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Jamaica and Puerto Rico before and during the time when Christopher Columbus landed on the beaches of the New World in 1492.
- Who Were the Taíno, the Original Inhabitants of Columbus’ Island ...Although the Taíno never developed a written language, they made exquisite pottery, wove intricate belts from dyed cotton and carved enigmatic images from wood, stone, shell and bone.
- A Brief History of the Taíno, the Caribbean’s Indigenous PeopleThe Taíno society was structured hierarchically with the cacique at the top; famous caciques in Puerto Rico include Agüeybaná, Caguax, and Loaíza. Religious life was under the scope of a shaman, and there was also a warrior class, above the general population.
- Caribbean Indigenous Resistance / Resistencia indígena del Caribe ...In 1492, the Indigenous Peoples of the northern Caribbean islands, popularly known as the Taíno, discovered Christopher Columbus. The encounter set in motion an invasion by Spanish soldiers, priests, and colonists that devastated the Taíno civilization and decimated its population.
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