Directory of Tainos Resources

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This subcategory features websites pertaining to the Taino/Arawak Amerindians of the Caribbean, with a focus on contemporary Taino organizations and groups in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and amongst immigrant communities in the United States.

Subcategories

• Taino-Arawak Language Dictionary

Resources in This Category

• Bobby Gonzalez

  http://bobbygonzalez.typepad.com/
  This is the personal page for a self-described Native American/Latino lecturer, storyteller, and poet of Taino descent.

• Coqui's Village

  http://www.indio.net/
  A collection of Taino sites dedicated to promoting Taino cultural education as well as the sale of images of Boriken and Taino daily life, and the sale of various arts and crafts.

• Documents of Taino History and Culture

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/Taino/docs/docs.html
  Taino FAQ, materials on Christopher Columbus, Taino culture history, a gallery of images, and a short history of the Jatibonicu Taino Tribe of New Jersey are featured on this page.

• Fundacion Historica De Jatibonicu'

  http://www.taino-tribe.org/fhdj.html
  Mission Statement of the Jatobonicu Historical Foundation, organizational membership, and map of Taino chiefdoms of Puerto Rico are offered on this page.

• Taino Indian Culture

  http://welcome.topuertorico.org/reference/taino.shtml
  A concise historical and ethnographic description of the Tainos is provided on this page by Magaly Rivera.

• Taino Timucua Tribal Council, Tampa, Florida

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/Timucua/index.html
  This page provides an ethnohistoric overview of the Timucua of Florida and their Taino relations.

• Taínos of Puerto Rico, a cultural site

  http://www.elboricua.com/history.html
  A cultural history of the Taínos of Borikén including traditions, folklore, cooking, agriculture, clothing, artifacts, and physical description.

• The Historical Roots of a Nation

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/Taino/docs/Tnation.html
  Chief Petro Guanikeyu Torres provides a short essay on Taino history and cultural revival.

• The Jatibonicù Taino Tribal Band of New Jersey

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/Taino/jatibonuco.html
  Documents of the organization, historical materials, image galleries, statements, mailing lists and links are featured.

• The Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation of Boriken

  http://www.taino-tribe.org/
  Official tribal Government web site featuring a wide range of information on Taino culture and history, essays, photographs, links, and organizational information.

• The Tekesta Indians of South Florida

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/Tekesta/
  The Tekesta Indians lived in what is now Dade and Broward Counties, southeast Florida, and had a capital town, probably also called Tekesta, in Miami. Today the Tekesta Taino society is reorganized under the Tekesta Taino Tribal Band of Bimini Florida and is organized and based in the area of Miami and West Palm Beach Florida.

• United Confederation of Taino People

  http://www.uctp.org/
  This site features information on the organization, contact information, a wide variety of educational resources, a news group and a journal focusing on contemporary Taino, Carib and Arawak Indians within and outside of the Caribbean Islands. In addition, the site offers essays and links to affiliated organizations across the Caribbean.

• World History Archives: Indigenous Peoples of Boriken

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/41/index-fc.html
  A retrospective and contemporary history of the Taínos of Borikén, and the history of Caribbean peoples of Amazonian origin in general.

 

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