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astraphel · 2 years

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On October 12, 1492, Columbus arrived on the shores of the Caribbean, the now-called Bahamas, and the Taíno people welcomed him and his crew with respect and great care. Their kindness was repaid with vicious cruelty and enslavement.

The horrors of genocide left no one untouched on Turtle Island and Abya Yala, but the Taínos were the first to encounter this scourge. There aren't enough people who call them by name and claim a ubiquitous "indigenous peoples" encountered Columbus.

Know and name the Taíno and the ways they suffered as a result of First Contact.

And also the ways they have persisted and survived to this day. Check out the United Confederation of Taíno People (UCTP) / Confederación Unida De El Pueblo Taíno (CUPT) as a place to start.

The Taino peoples are not a monolith and include many different tribes and areas.

Image 1: Cristobal Colón, 1893 "La gran batalla que tuvo el almirante con el Rey Guarionex y cien mil indios en la Vega Real" | Wikipedia

Image 2: "Distribución de los arahuacos taínos, caribes y guanahatabeyes en las Antillas, en el tiempo de la llegada de los españoles." | Wikipedia

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lobuenodepuertorico · 1 year

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¿Sabias que en Puerto Rico hay arboles que te puedes conectar con ellos al estilo avatar?

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Yabisí = means ‘tree’ in Taino-the indigenous language of the Caribbean.

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manicato · 10 months

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Daka Taíno y estoy aquí.

I was the blogger Triguenaista/Inaruri who was stalked and harrassed for 10+ years, while homeless, by Keyla Rivera and her anti-indigenous group “This-is-not-taino". Keyla Rivera, of Florida and Orocovis, PR, a white Puerto Rican, was mostly responsible for this racist behavior.

Since in the last ten years, I have CONTINUED to see my name thrown around as a "validated pretendian/fraud" because of the now-exposed Keyla's behavior- We're just going to need to address it. And since I was doxxed by them, and my full name has been shared with you all, I'm going to go ahead and show you some documents that that hate-group wasn't willing to show.

Let's start with a family tree- ya?

Avelino, was born into slavery in Puerto Rico, approximately 1865, in Arecibo Puerto Rico. To the best of my knowledge (and factoring in the DNA test), he was Afro-Taíno, with strong Nigerian/Western Bantu roots. As noted on the last published Registro Central de Esclavos of 1872 (page 3, 9th person recorded), he was a natural-born Puerto Rican (Natural de Oto Rico).

After abolition in 1873, like many others, Avelino was forced to continue working for 3 to 5 more years. Do Barbara Balseiro (the indicated slave owner) had a working relationship with Felix Marengo y Poggi, and was known to send slaves to work at his plantations.

Through research (1910 census), I found that Maria Baerga y Rivera De Quiñones was a "Mulatto" housekeeper for the Felix Marengo y Poggi in the 1910’s. It is likely that this is where Avelino met her daughter Maria Quiñones Baerga and developed a relationship.

They had son Felix (recorded as negro on census documents, until adulthood/WW2, where he is then recorded as blanco/brown toned (on his Draft card), who married Carmen Martinez.

This is Carmen’s Acta de Nacimiento which indicates race as “Mestiza”, clearly indicating not only direct Taíno heritage/ancestry, but a connection to an existing community as that was the only circumstance in which this term was legally used in PR when they started to write Taínos out of the country. It was and is currently illegal to list someone's race/ethnicity in PR as indigenous. Mestiza and Trigeño is the ONLY exceptions for those with concrete connections.

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On the naciemnto form above her mother is cited as “Vincenta/Vincenda”, from/born in Jayuya. There is a note about her grandparents in part 3. “Ambos de raza mestiza”, Ajiubro Martinez and Juana Martinez from Morovis.

According to family oral history, Carmen Martinez came from a community/family that took care of the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial site of Utuado before the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña took over with formal protections in 1955.

There may be a relationship between her and one of the 60 Puerto Rican indigenous children taken to the Carlisle Indian School in 1901. Three Martinez children were enrolled there, Provindentia, Levia, and Miguel. My best-informed guess is Provindentia Martinez may be my 2nd great-grandmother as “Vincenta” could be a derivative of the name. If it was Provendentia, she would have been the right age to have a child, settling down in PR after traveling to NY for a few years after her time at the Carlisle School, as recorded in their records. Until better clarification can be obtained, this is just speculation.

Carmen would make and maintain small bohio-like structures in the backyard of the family Utuado home (many were destroyed after Hurricane George, and the rest after Hurricane Maria), to house Semisakis and Opias.

My grandfather, Luis Alfonso Quiñones Sr. was extremely proud and vocal of our rich Taíno heritage and culture. He made sure that we knew our roots and how precious our indigenous ancestry is, and taught us all he could remember.

In terms of direct lineage, my direct Taíno lineage can be traced from my 2nd great-grandfather Avelino, my great-grandmother Carmen Martinez (whom I had the honor of knowing and having a relationship with as a child living in Puerto Rico), and my own grandfather Luis Alfonso Quiñones Sr (who I grew up with).

If "cultural connection"/"growing up in a continuously connected family" was your issue with my indigenous status- clearly I did and have the documentation to show my family's continuous connection.

If it's blood quantum/documented indigenous status- I'm between 3/8th and 7/16th according to my DNA. With the documents I have here, if Tainos were a federally recognized tribe in the US, by the BIA standards, I'd be eligible for enrollment.

And this is all without discussing how history and the laws affect lineage recording or the "Whitening of PR". My family's oral history should have been believed to start with, but now the documentation can be found online. You have your "proof" on the two points yall bring up the most.

So you see why the younger me couldn't figure out why everyone just believed the lies being told? How even now that this hate group was exposed, I don't get why I am the scapegoat for people trying to make a point. Like, I wasn't and am not an educator, nor was I trying to make money in any way (and I was homeless- I needed money and yet DID NOT ASK). I was literally just existing on this hell site and became a target. But yall handed over your cash really quick to this hate group, validated them, and were so shocked when they ended up being frauds and provided yall with NOTHING.

You all believed a white puertorrican that BIPOC's could not be trusted to be indigenous (look at the list, it is EXCLUSIVELY Black and Brown peoples and anyone who stood up for them. It wasn't a "frauds list" until after we all left the platform. That was added AFTERWARDS. And yes, some of us are STILL friends because we were here for the community, not cash or fame). You continue to keep that belief every time you defend it. In the end, ya'll are just being racist and need to stop hurting an already small af community.

Taínos exists. We are here. We are NOT recognized by the US gov't yet. To imply our self-determination takes away from indigenous people is to fundamentally not understand what it is to be indigenous. And, it implies you see the indigenous status as money and not actually living people with complex needs and issues.

I'm glad the rest of the internet has unlearned what this group put into the world about Taínos, but now I'mma need yall on here to minimally stop throwing my name around. Stop it. I am exactly who I have been telling you all I am, whether you accept that or not is NOT my problem. I have the documentation, which is more than can be said about anyone yall have believed in the past.

At least I know who my people are, grew up knowing, and can live happily knowing there are people who disagree in our community because we aren't a monolithic group. Yall just need to treat us as humans.

For those reading for the history of it all- I'm glad to help. If you're trying to figure out your family's documentation- I got great info on how to find the information and who to contact. If you're looking for cultural resources- tainolibrary is LITERALLY the best source and it's free (Note: I have no affiliation with them. I genuinely believe they are a healthy and safe resource for those seeking reconnection/validation).

For those realizing they fucked up in believing my stalker- I accept my apologies in cash.

#inaruri #triguenaista #taino #tainos #caribbean indigenous #tumblr hate groups #this-is-not-taino #Since my name keeps coming up Im going to HAVE to serve some truths #the poll spoke and I posted #Taino ancestry #Indigenous recognition #indigenous #I am so sorry to have gone off like this but I have HAD it #puerto rico history #caribe indigena

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mangopodcast · 7 months

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FRIENDLY REMINDER

#history #decolonize #leftism #decolonise #christopher columbus #cristobalcolon #13thofoctober #october 12th #indigenous people #first nations #indigenous peoples day #caribbean #dominican republic #tainos

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orogolddreams · 1 year

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Guama. #taino #tainos #caribe #excursion #excursión #excursiones #excursions #excursionismo #excursionistas #travel #instatravel #travelgram #travelguide #traveltheworld #tourism #aroundtheworld #touristic #enjoytravel #travelfriends #yoyostravel (at Guamá) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnh0ogQvZJ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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dsimsdecades · 2 years

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When the neighbors heard the news, they immediately came over with food and their condolences. Diego and a few of the Taino tribe people were some of the first to come over. “I am truly sorry for your loss, if there is anything I can do for you, please do not hesitate to ask,” Diego said. Francisco shook his hand; despite what had transpired between them, he was glad to see a friendly face.

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gqmevr8aye · 1 year

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julielegare · 1 year

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#ink #julie legare #illustration #mystère public #animation #drawing #history #tainos #haití #hispaniola

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edwinelijahd · 2 years

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My intuitions also at times knowledge from ancestors 👁🇵🇷 #taino #boricua #puertorico #indigenous #puertorican #latino #spanish #tainos #lineage #ancestry #boriquas #caribbean #ta #hispano #israelites #puerto #indian #latin #nyc #ricans #spain #spaniard #tainoindian https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGqWk_AWTZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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radrook2 · 2 years

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#proboards #Tainos #Puerto Rico

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influencegetem · 2 years

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🔱🤴🏿After all of these years, #Tainos still my favorite spot in #NJ #Wepa #food #restaurants #Newarkeats #NorthNewark #tainoskitchen #boriqua b #pr #puertorico #puertoricanfood #OneOfMyFavoritefamilies @tainos_kitchen @tainosonwheels (at Tainos Kitchen) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeEXwd0LgYb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#tainos #nj #wepa #food #restaurants #newarkeats #northnewark #tainoskitchen #boriqua #pr #puertorico #puertoricanfood #oneofmyfavoritefamilies

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lobuenodepuertorico · 1 year

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JÍBAROS ¿Taínos Blancos?

Nuestros JÍBAROS usaban unos envases hechos de higüera que le llamaban DITAS. En todos los hogares JÍBAROS había ditas; tal y como las hubo por siglos antes en todos los hogares TAÍNOS ... pues NO fue lo único taíno en sus vidas.

Los JÍBAROS CAMPESINOS son para los puertorriqueños la esencia máxima de nuestra identidad nacional, por tal razón ES MUY IMPORTANTE QUE NUESTRO PUEBLO CONOZCA que durante su origen en los primeros SIGLOS (entiéndase los 1500’s, 1600’s, 1700’s), la vida de NUESTRO JÍBARO era muchisísimo mas parecida a la vida de los TAÍNOS, que a la de la sociedad española de la época.

No existe una fecha exacta del "nacimiento” de los JÍBAROS, porque al igual que todos los otros elementos de nuestra identidad nacional, fue “producto” de una evolución. Lo que conocemos como NUESTRO JÍBARO, nace tan lejos como finales de los 1500’s y principio de los 1600’s (quizás antes). Hombres de la península ibérica (España y Portugal) con fuerte influencia árabe, algunos desertores militares, indios taínos, hombres mestizos, matrimonios europeos-taínos y sus hijos se funden en el interior de las montañas del país. Sabemos que en esos primeros siglos vivieron apartados de los pueblos “españoles”, y ese aislamiento pudo contribuir a que esa “tainización” se entronizara.

Si entre todos analizamos lo que conocemos del estilo de vida de esos “antiguos” jíbaros, encontraremos un fracatán de elementos fácilmente identificables como de ORIGEN TAÍNO. Para muchos podrían lucir como TAÍNOS BLANCOS, una población mayormente blanca con la presencia en su cultura de una cultura taína fuerte … ¿estaban realmente TAINIZADOS. ¿EN QUÉ?

La TAINÍZACION de los JÍBAROS se ve en:

— EL IDIOMA: un castellano antiguo nutrido de muchos vocablos taínos — LAS HAMACAS — SU FORMA DE COCINAR — SUS ALIMENTOS Y BEBIDAS — INSTRUMENTOS MUSICALES — EL CONTACTO CON LA NATURALEZA — EL RESPETO A LA NATURALEZA — SU VIVIENDA: los BOHÍOS, los materiales, los utensilios, las herramientas. En TODAS las CASAS JÍBARAS tenían un BATEY ¡imagínese usted!

...... pero esa herencia se refleja sobretodo en SUS CONOCIMIENTOS, en lo que luego llamaríamos la “sabiduría del campo” EN: — el CLIMA: como predecir la llegada de huracanes, tormentas, vaguadas. — la AGRICULTURA: yuca, yautía, recao, maíz, tabaco, algodón, frijoles. — los ÁRBOLES, sus excelentes maderas y sus usos. — las PLANTAS, variedad y usos. — la MEDICINA NATURAL — la FAUNA: coquíes, murciélagos, guaraguaos, boas, guabás, cotorras — la MATERNIDAD

Posiblemente una de los similitudes más increíbles entre nuestros taínos y nuestros jíbaros es el AMOR INCONDICIONAL POR SU PATRIA, ¡que es LA NUESTRA!

SI LOS PUEBLOS TIENEN ALMA; EL ALMA DE LOS PUERTORRIQUEÑOS ... ¡ES JÍBARA!

Fuente: BORICUAZO

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4ft10tvlandfangirl · 5 months

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You know what's incredibly upsetting? Seeing so many pro-Israel or pro-Zionist posts parrot that the only reason anyone could be pro-Palestine or call for a free Palestine is because they hate Jews.

I know what this tactic is meant to do and I know how making people apathetic, how discrediting their knowledge of a topic or questioning the genuineness of their empathy and other similar tactics are used to benefit the oppressive group but it's still pissing me off.

I am a descendant of enslaved people.

Our history lessons always begin with the slaughter & genocide of the indigenous peoples that were here first, primarily the Taino, who thankfully have a few descendants living in isolation along with the protected Maroon villages. It is normal throughout high school to take history trips to former great houses & plantations and see for ourselves the sites where our ancestors were brutalized and massacred; the weapons and tools of torture preserved and on display so that we knew but a taste of what they went through.

My university is built on the grounds of a former plantation. There are businesses and homes built on top of mass graves & on top of sites of slaughter. There is literally no escaping our colonial history because it touches everything. Our last names are not even our own! Most of us have English, Scottish and Irish last names given by the plantation owners to our ancestors. Or you know...because many children were the product of rape. We cannot accurately trace our true heritage more than 4-5 generations back because most families have no complete records.

A lot of you like to bring up grandparents. Cool. My great-great grandmother was the daughter of a mulatto free woman and a white Scottish sailor. She was white passing. Because land and work were hard to get here under colonial rule, she left the island for a better life with her husband who was a Cuban born mulatto and they ended up living in the US through WWII and after. They were considered an interracial couple (black & white rather than both being seen as mixed) and could not live in certain places because it was illegal. Papa couldn't find work, was treated horribly, because he had darker skin but Grandma found work passing as white and was treated much better. She worked 2-3 jobs to provide for them and their 5 children.

But, there were times when she would appear darker like if she was out in the sun too long or her curls would start to show and a Jewish neighbour/coworker suggested to her it might be safer to tick Jewish on forms rather than white if her race was ever questioned. I suppose due to that kindness the family formed friendships within the Jewish community where they lived & Grandma's eldest son actually married a Jewish woman. His kids and grandkids are all Jewish and they still live in the US.

I share this specific thing because I have very real concerns for those members of my family. But while I worry for them in this time of increasing anti-semitism and absolutely decry any verbal/physical attacks against them, I am still going to speak against things that are wrong. What Israel is doing is wrong. Of course as a non-Jewish person I can acknowledge I may misstep and if I say/do something that is genuinely anti-semitic I'll take the correction. But if your aim is just to intimidate me into silence it's not going to work.

And trying to tell me 'well black people are not welcomed there or black people wouldn't get treated well in Palestine' as if that affects the cost of bread. Guess what? Black people face racism everywhere. Even among our own and colonialism has a lot to do with that. That same grandmother, I was fortunate to grow up with her in the latter part of her life after she returned to the island and every time I went out with her there were questions of whether my family worked for her. Or why was I, this little black girl with this little old white lady as if I meant her harm. She had to say proudly, "This is my granddaughter." How other people view me or treat me isn't going to stop me from speaking up for what's right.

With the history of my people I could never ever ever side with the oppressor. Ever. Whether its here in the west or in the east, whether it's happening to my fellow black people, or any other group of people, I cannot in good conscience stand with the oppressor. My ancestors were forcibly stripped of their humanity, called savages, animals, barbarians and all of that was brutally beaten into them. That same language and similar acts of brutality are being used against Palestinians today.

You think you can cower me into staying silent on that? With unfounded accusations of hate? I refuse.

N.B. - my use of the word mulatto here is strictly to provide the historical context of how my grandparents were seen/classified and spoken of. It is not a term we use.

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holycosmolo9y · 6 months

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Zemi,

a deity or ancestral spirit commonly housed in a sculptural object; here a stone carving

from the Taino Civilization of the Caribbean

1000-1500 BCE

#art #lol #weird #archaeology #sculpture #ancient #ancient art #taino #ancient caribbean #stone sculpture #stone carving

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lionofchaeronea · 7 months

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Basalt sculpture of the Taino people of the Caribbean, representing a zemi (deity or another supernatural being), perhaps Maquetaurie Guayaba, lord of the Land of the Dead. Artist unknown; between 800 and 1500. Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

#Indigenous Peoples Day #art #art history #indigenous peoples #indigenous art #Taino #Caribbean art #Taino art #Pre-Columbian #sculpture #stonework #basalt #indigenous religions #Walters Art Museum

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mueritos · 7 months

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happy indigenous peoples day ^-^ a year ago i found out my family is half indigenous, so ive made it a personal duty to try and reconnect in order to honor those ancestors and histories. it's not my fault that I may never know my tribal affiliation (we know they lived around Popocatépetl), but it is my responsibility to do my best to honor them. since starting grad school, i've made an effort to talk about my indigenous roots more often, and to be honest about the fact that i do consider myself mixed indigenous. I also talk about this taking into account that I have white privilege, and how this has complicated my relationship to indiginiety.

anyway, i went to an ipd event outside of boston today and was so happy!! i had to leave early for a health emergency (thank u random uti) but it was so fun and i experienced and learned a lot. loved the mexica dance group who danced for Huitzilopochtli (i love you Huitzilopochtli he was pulled for me during a tarot reading and he told me to be fucking strong!!!!), and i especially loved experiencing the seven sacred directions where the entire crowd moved as one. i talked to some lovely indigenous people and they gave me so much guidance and love! it made me feel so happy...I wish I was able to stay longer, but I enjoyed being in a space where I was so welcomed.

if you're detribalized like me or trying your best to reconnect, never be ashamed of the fact that you were forcibly removed from your tribal affiliation. never be ashamed of how you look like either! there were so many "white passing" indigenous folks there embracing and celebrating with those in full regalia, and so many people of many appearances joined in for ceremonial dance. even if you're 10% or 3% indigenous, I still think you deserve to know your ancestor's culture and history! i still think you deserve to honor those parts of you! they wanted us to forget about our indigenous roots for a reason, and i refuse to colonize my mind any longer. opening yourself up to indigineity, even if you don't know your affiliation or "how much" is in you, is far better than never learning a damn thing about indigenous folks.

i hope everyone had a lovely indigenous peoples day ^-^

#muerto writes #indigenous peoples day #detribalized #there were a lot of cool redrum bikers too #i also met a bunch of cool taino people #and talk to some cool afro indigenous people about being a mutt haha #i was telling her I was reconnecting but wasnt sure what affiliation i am and she laughed and was like well. we're all mutts!#life is worth living when u are standing in a field with people in various regalia and there are cute lil kids running around #and some of these cute lil kids are wearing headdresses #explodes bro #im definitel gonna get annoying people after posting this but idc im living life and indigenous people irl are not assholes #like oh boy the community most affected by colonization is actually in support of people learning about their own colonized pasts???#bought some cool necklaces too :3 #yays!!!

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