Patricia Chali’naru Dones, a Newton resident, works to preserve the culture of Puerto Rico’s native population called the Taíno. Many people are unaware that common English words come from ...

While today many native peoples in Latin America retain their presence, in Puerto Rico the narrative since time immemorial has been that the Taino people disappeared under the yoke of the Conquest.

When the Spanish colonizers arrived on the island… they saw the Taino Indians, the group native to Puerto Rico, cooking on branches over fire. When asked about the technique, the natives ...

Connecticut state lawmakers passed a House resolution this week recognizing the heritage of the Caribbean’s Indigenous ...

A photographer returns to his native island to document a handful ... I decided it was time to go home to Puerto Rico. I had grown increasingly worried that the island’s unique art forms and ...

My wife is from San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, and both of my kids were born ... to unite the spirit of golf with the richness of our native Taino culture. We aim to create apparel that embodies ...

Filmmaker Josee Molavi spent three months last year in Puerto Rico learning from those ... A related study in 2018 asserted that “native components in some modern Caribbean genomes are closely related ...

The Puerto Rican crested toad is the only toad species native to the island. Once thought extinct, the critically endangered species symbolizes the island’s ongoing fight to protect its fragile ...

Division St.. The event also included two performances by Concilio Taíno (Taíno Council) Guatu-Ma-cu A Borikén, a native dance group from Puerto Rico. They performed an Areyto, a ceremonial ...