THEY ARE A SAD FOOTNOTE amid the often brutal history of the colonization of the New World, an Indian tribe vanquished and supposedly obliterated by the Spanish conquistadors. Yet the Taino Nation a ...

Looks don’t mean proof. A dive into their lineage, which revealed many mestizo ancestors, offered some evidence. But the real ...

Because of its otherworldly brilliance, the 16th century Taino Indians of Cuba called it turey, their word for the most luminous part of the sky. They adored its sweet smell, its reddish hue, its ...

A city transportation boss acted like a slavemaster to a Taino Indian underling — even hanging a pair of shackles in the man’s office to make sure he knew his role, a new lawsuit alleges. “I was hurt ...

In a sweltering coastal settlement, Alejandro Hartmann pulled out a spiral notebook and jotted notes as a local peasant described his family’s ties to a long forgotten indigenous group that is ...

The words mean hammock, hurricane and peanut butter. They are part of the Arawak language spoken by Tainos and later incorporated into the Spanish language. Tainos, a mixture of various groups, ...

Members of Concilio Taíno Guatu-Ma-cu-A-Borikén present an areyto (communal song-dance) for the public in 2017 in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Watkins Watkins Members of Concilio Taíno ...

To focus on Puerto Rico's indigenous peoples and attractions, the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. unveiled La Ruta Taina (The Taino Route), which runs from Arecibo on the island's north coast to Ponce on the ...