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Latiin America Today - January 2007

Taíno

January 20th 2007 16:28
Tainos
Let me shared with you a little about our history! The first habitants in the Caribbean Islands were the Taíno, Indians. Archaeologies and historians believed that the seafaring Taíno were relatives of the Arawakan people of South America. They used to life in the Greater Antilles, the Lasser Antilles, and Bahamas (the Taíno from the Bahamas being known then as the Lucayas). They were peaceful people and very religious.


At the time of Columbus's arrival in 1492, there were five Taíno kingdoms or territories on Hispaniola, each led by a principal Cacique (chief), to whom tribute was paid. At the time of the Spanish conquest, the largest Taíno population centers may have contained around 3,000 people or more. The Taíno were historical neighbors and enemies of the Carib, another group with origins in South America who lived principally in the Lesser Antilles. The relationship between the two groups has been the subject of much study because there is so little known about the Carib.

recreation of Taino village
By the 18th century, Taíno society had been decimated by introduced diseases, and forced assimilation into the plantation economy that Spain imposed in its Caribbean colonies, with its subsequent importation of African slave workers. It is argued that there were substantial mestizage as well as several Indian pueblos that survived into the 19th century in Cuba. The Spaniards, who first arrived in the Bahamas, Cuba and Hispaniola in 1492, and later in Puerto Rico, did not bring women. Therefore, they took the Taíno wives in civil marriages, and had mestizo children.


Actually, the Taíno community is extinguished; there are only fragments of their culture.

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Comment by Cibbuano

January 21st 2007 21:56


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it's a shame to lose any culture... but especially one that was exterminated by slavers..

Comment by michelruch@modulonet.fr

June 16th 2008 06:35
I have some caribbean taino items saved by french collectors.
These items have been found in Hispaniola some others bought near antique dealers in Bahamas.

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