The Native people of Hispaniola were long believed to have died out. But a journalist’s search for their descendants turned up surprising results Robert M. Poole - Contributing editor ...

The one message she offered for Indigenous Peoples’ Day is “know that the Taíno Indigenous people, the first people of contact on that very day (in 1492) are still here. We have not vanished.” ...

History tell us that the arrival of Europeans led to the extinction of Taíno people However, there are many who are fighting to keep their culture alive.

As Europeans went west, indigenous people travelled the other way Caroline Dodds Pennock remembers their stories and impact in “On Savage Shores” Strange meetings Image: Getty Images ...

She talked about affiliation with the Taino people, with the community. Up until this point, we've signed the treaty between our peoples, between our communities, we've come together as family.

The Taíno people descended from migrating Arawak-speaking communities in South America.While once believed to have been wiped out after the Spanish conquest, the Taíno continue to endure across ...

Meet the survivors of a ‘paper genocide’ A leader of the indigenous Caribbeans known as the Taíno describes how his people’s history was erased—and what they’re doing to get it back.

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 Taino people, a member of Arawak, are the Central American and Carribean Natives that Christopher Columbus encountered when he landed in the islands. In his journals, ...

David, the fisherman who finds her and falls in love with her, recalls his first sighting of her: "She looking like a woman from long ago, like old-time Taino people I saw in a history book at ...