In her efforts to redress the history of colonial erasure, she pursues official recognition of her people. Follow Maekiaphan, a Taino woman from the U.S. Virgin Islands, on her journey to reclaim ...

Today's object is a stool from the Caribbean, from what is now the Dominican Republic, and it too tells a rich story - in this case of the Taino people who lived in the Caribbean islands before ...

It’s been 514 years since the Taíno people, one of the major indigenous groups in the pre-Columbian Caribbean, first rebelled against the Spanish Conquistadors. By that time, the Spanish had ...

The Europeans first used these people as labour on the plantations. Disease killed many of the Arawak and Taino people, and soon there were not enough indigenous people to meet the ever growing ...

Reina Mercado-Antunez speaks about Taino history and culture to her daughter's class in this provided photo. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Reina Mercado-Antunez is ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Hundreds of people in Humboldt Park have a unique chance to connect with history and culture. The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is hosting a tribal council ...

An small admission fee gains you entry to what has been described as the most important archeological site focusing on the Taíno people in the Caribbean. The Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park is ...