The first indigenous people encountered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 are not always widely recognized. Patricia Chali’naru Dones, a Newton resident, works to preserve the culture of Puerto Rico’s ...
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 from ...
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, Indian Country Today, and High Country News. In 2017, Hurricane Maria hit the ...
Roberto Borrero of The Voice of the Taino People has the latest on two indigenous Taino protesters in Puerto Rico occupaying the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Center in Utuado, Puerto Rico. Global ...
Roberto Borrero says an article in El Nuevo Dia “perpetuates myths and writes a slanted, ugly story about the Taino people” Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of ...
Part 1. Competing historical narratives regarding Taíno extinction -- The stakes of being Taíno -- Historical discourses and debates about Puerto Rico's indigenous trajectory -- Part 2. The Puerto ...
A photographer returns to his native island to document a handful of artists devoted to preserving its rich creative traditions Photographs and text by Javier E. Piñero After living in New York City ...
Smithsonian magazine reports that 61% of all Puerto Ricans have trace Indigenous Taíno DNA, but historians in the Puerto Rican government claim Indigenous Taíno people have been conquered and wiped ...