Caribbean Indigenous Peoples: An Introduction to Taíno Culture

[@jalicea1650]

I'm Boricua and was born in Bayamon. I did not know much about my heritage, but this is an awesome lecture. We Puerto Ricans, have to reconnect to our roots!

[@thenbwkmtkspktrminc.4613]

Puerto Rico, Rican dont mean that yall are BLACK nor does it mean that yall have a real black AGENDA.

[@sadydiaz3216]

Thanks for shareing my brother...han Han catu.

[@jeremyarroyo360]

Mi famillia es la cuididad de 🦁 🚒🇵🇷.yo tambien lo soy🇨🇺

[@olgalugo7377]

We Puerto Ricans have always had our Taino roots present, perhaps some do not but in general the majority do..as a matter of fact it was Puerto Ricans who always spoke of Tainos and now all of a sudden every is Taino and everybody is an expert on who we are and what us our heritage..why dont you ask the Spsnish.

[@reinalatina87]

This Is So True. I'm Loving The History From This Presentation!!! I Feel So Proud To Be Taíno. 💖

[@hardhands2011]

It is imperative that the truth comes out,for centuries we have been kept in secret because of the implications. We Taino's are not ignorant.we are very well aware of what harm was brought to us by this government and how we are to be (silenced)we are the first tribal nation that was destroyed by foreign greed'LETS NOT PERMIT IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN,We are not Latinos,we are not hispanic,we are Tainos and I am proud of it.

[@gravityboy79]

We black & we ain’t going back no where. The truth?! Obviously we & your black ass running from our blackness. Yes hu 2! So f-- the truth! We here & we gotta fight back against YT. The bad guys Europeans r clearly taking it all till it’s all gone .we’re being played now with or without the truth. Done purposely so we will keep searching 4 the truth while still getting played!

[@d.esparza9495]

They were a reflection of their environment...🥰 one of the most beautiful things I have heard. They have never met Jesus, and yet they knew that there was more happiness in giving than receiving and they took care of their islands like the paradise they were.

[@gravityboy79]

Some like YT bull crap. Don’t care about your interpretation of Christ nor the silly lies

[@herminiavillegas479]

I am cuban and one of my great grandfather was native Indian from Cuba. Until now I did not know anything about the culture. Thank you.

[@SolKonstrukt]

I am Taino From Quisqueya.. AKA first People ... Of the Tainio nation.,.

[@amberamour5395]

Excellent! I loved hearing about Taino women. Muchas gracias!

[@onefreebird1]

I'm 1/10th Native Dominican/Caribbean (Arawak/Taino). My grandmother is Puerto Rican.

[@JOSECARABALLO-e1n]

1/10 is real hight for a dominican it is probably the highest I have seen. It's usually really low around 2 to 4 % native dna

[@JOSECARABALLO-e1n]

You grand ma is Puertorrican, and you live in RD? Something ain't right.

[@testos2701]

@@JOSECARABALLO-e1n

[@Meme-lo7ru]

I HONOR my BORINKEN FAMILY!

[@testos2701]

Language is a very important topic and it defines people, it tells a story about where, when, how, why. In the past asking about the spelling of a word was not something that was common among the people, and most just repeated what they heard, or thought they heard. It was like a chain reaction, this happens everyday including right now. People just don't walk around asking others how to spell that! I'm Taino above all, my religion is my choice, I believe in a force, a light, a very intense light, I have seen the light several times and is always in the same way. When I was 9 years old, I had to be rushed to the hospital, after several hours I woke up from surgery, and I saw this light, lasted for about 5-10 minutes, after that I felt an inner peace, I felt no pain, I looked over and saw my Grandmother crying, she was told by the doctor that I had a very slim chance to live! 70 years later I'm here! When I was 17, I got my first car, while passing another car in a two lane road a back tire blew and the car spin out of control, my brother was with me, only 16 years of age. I closed my eyes and prayed, I saw the light again, the same light as before, I though I was in heaven already, after the car stopped I open my eyes and looked around, the car had ended up right nest to a gas pump, with the front bumper approx. 6 inches from one of the pumps! I looked at my brother and asked him if he was alright, he said yes I'm OK but let's get our of the car because is about to blow, we got out, the doors were jammed and would not open, we went through the windows and ran away, I prayed again while running, and the car did not blow, nobody got hurt! The car was in really bad shape, but I felt a very strong inner peace, I felt we were safe. I can go on but, my point is there is something that watches over us! I don't have a name for it, but is good, and it gives me hope as a human, I know there is a lot of suffering and evil in this world but there is a lot of good and together we can overcome evil. Let's work on that people! I don't need a name, good is good no matter in what color or what language, we are all brothers and sisters, by blood, love, or friendship, even by religion, it is felt and is the best thing ever! Be kind, be good, be humble, they say what goes around comes around and I believe is true! I love history, we can all learn from it, let's read but always research from different sources, some history is not accurate, some is deceptive, but there still very good history to be found and enjoyed! Migration, trade and different ways of traveling was taking place around the world, this contributed to the development of cultures to great degree as the years went by. Many people around the world carries traces of their past in their DNA, Hawaii is another example, they even have Taino DNA due to interrelations with people that were imported as laborers from many other countries to include Puerto Ricans. GOD BLESS! 🙏

[@setrocoel4278]

heartbreaking and soul inspiring to hear what happened to us. we not lettin up now. they feelin our culture all around the world from our little boriken paradise

[@achiebelardo]

Tainos wya !!!🤴🏽🏝💪🏾

[@amberamour5395]

Here!!

[@gracecandelaria406]

U can see in San juan de la maguana many taino fenotypes, my mom my grandma look tainas, and my family as well, love my heritage🥰

[@gracecandelaria406]

Dominican and taina here from san juan de la maguana😊

[@BoricuaGirl69]

Excellent presentation. Muchas gracias from this Boricua for posting 💕

[@jaimeceferino7710]

Hahom Bomotum Atiao Cacike Mukaro for this informative presentation on our Taíno culture. I look forward to hearing more about our culture. Seneko kakona

[@N_Steen]

I’m Puerto Rican and when I did a DNA test it came out with a mix of 16% Native American DNA of Tainos from Boriken and Cubanascan and some from the Yucatán peninsula. They did travel throughout all the Caribbean region

[@Kabeyavictoria]

More than important that a native Taino brother is teaching about the history of the ancestors. More than important

[@briash8275]

Amazing! This is wonderful and factual. Thank you for posting this and spreading the TRUTH!

[@marthawarrington7748]

The Caribbean is a melting port of culture and beauty, proud antillaise and the French Caribbean would say

[@gravityboy79]

Nope! There were many kinds of people & tribes in America then came the ass holes. Same story all over the world dude. The French were ass bad. None of that ‘we were all mixed up’ crap!! . We were not confused till them crazy French, Spanish, English & portugués came with their new whole order! Still today they got More New order. Wake up!

[@ianelbey653]

Thanks much for this information, I've always known i was taino! The first time i heard that word was from my grandmother who is Cuban who got our-story from her mother who is an indigenous xaymacans/ jamaican! It's just sad that the system we live in constantly working to diminish our culture, all the food that u talked about in this lecture I've seen n ate before , I'm familiar with most of the words but i can't speak my ancestors language, i was learning at 1 point up until my grandmother past away in 2012! rest in peace grandma i miss u so much, i think the worst virus on this planet is the European colonizers, they committed the worst atrocities against humanity since immemorial! Everywhere they landed they destroy, renamed n steal everything in sight, wen they landed on this continent now called America they met free loving people who had a culture n love for their environment but before long that would change... now i see Europeans referring to themselves as Americans n refers to everybody else as something other than the land they met them on.......

[@marthawarrington7748]

The people in those times lived with nature and nature lived with them as the creator intended it to be

[@edwinw8782]

Paisanos,Dios los siga protejiendo. Gracias de mi alma,por llevar la verdad justa y fiel.y por dejarle saber al mundo que en caribe,No habian blancos ni negros.cuando llegaron ya habian tainos Indigenas,"ORIGINALES"NO POR LEVANTAR BANDERITAS LO SOMO.SI NO TIENEN LA CARITA,NO SON PAYCO,NO NOS DEJEMOS ENGAÑAR.! DAME TU ADN Y TE DIRE DE DONDE Y QUIEN ERES. AMEN

[@federation_comrade]

Roberto is an excellent educator... engaging and informative

[@beanwednesdays]

I am a white Puerto Rican who is mixed Spanish and Taino, almost perfectly, and I struggle with that a lot. I understand the history behind my face, I understand what happened, and I am scared that there is no place for me in either community. I feel at home hearing you discuss our ancestors. Thank you for making me feel at home.

[@williamtehero8720]

My sister did a DNA test. It showed up as part Native American which was baffling to me. As i did more research, Our Great Grandparents came from Aguas Plancas in Yauco Puerto Rico that led me to dig deeper....Now i have more info! I am completing DNA test on myself within week.

[@hubertyoung5571]

Wow. What a great presentation. 👍. That should be broadcasted all across 🇨🇦 Canada. They talking about Reconciliation.

[@roquehernandez3512]

Wow , thanks alot for the information , surely appreciated. KOKI , Taino ti

[@doriel668]

I am Puerto Rican

[@jojomont4713]

As a Puerto Rican that’s lived around other Latino people I always got told that when I speak or my family speaks it sounds like we are singing our words. Think that might be a subconscious thing after hearing Colombo’s description of how the people sounded like songbirds to him. Living here in the US my accent isn’t as thick anymore but when I go back to the island it comes back real quick and I come back to they mainland and people seem to love the way our dialect sounds. Like always sounds energetic and full of life say when I’m speaking to a Mexican or someone from South America. They love it

[@AntiQris]

Thanks for sharing. I have been studying ancient syllabary languages for some time and am convinced that the OG “Egyptian” and Arawak had much in common with Arzawa and as well the “original” Hawaiian tongue. There was a lot of forced migrations whether man made or natural phenomenon caused, that play into the histories more than we’ve been learned I think. Not too mention one of the biggest overlooked things is the yearly migrations of many peoples into the sun for the winter. Short story long, I started speaking the old Egypt syllables in the form of rhythmic song and it works perfectly. You are right this IS how the pure folk spoke. You can do it in English too and it’s an amazing way of learning prior to test taking etc. make life the rhythm of a dance.

[@AntiQris]

I’m convinced “Cuba” is (Q’ba) and means “Queen is Master” basically. There is a deep story to be known of Cuba and those who lived there. I’m wondering if that’s why the mainlands have been cut off from knowing Cuba? Would make sense if someone is trying to hide something about the history there. I feel like I look like I could be Castros cousin. I’m supposedly amonutes grandson but I trace her line to Bermuda. Something’s fishy in Denmark?

[@olgalugo7377]

The Puerto Rican accent is the closest to the Canary Islands...being that because of technology we have discovered our closest ancestors in the other side of the Atlantic speak like Puerto Ricans or rather we speak like people from the Canary Islands.

[@zzcoffie75]

I am from Aruba , arrowak Caquetio decendants from Amazone.

[@johnnypacheco3491]

Cool stuff 🌎

[@bitabeauty_official]

Omg ıt was amazing..ı m turkısh. By the way😻

[@luna_guardee9139]

DUALITY CONNECTED !!! ❤️ That’s deep!

[@papotaino1516]

The conquerors writes the history in there favor and as the year’s ,decades & centuries it becomes the norm. Till one researches & researches do we find the hided truth. Taino Ti ✊🏽

[@FGPR01BrunoCauz]

One thing that was always intriguing to me is why the natives of Florida didn't go out and settle islands in the Caribbean, but there's a lot of evidence that pre-colonial South Florida was deeply connected culturally and materially with Caribbean polities and people whereas North Florida was more similar to its Mississippian neighbors in the Southeast. It would be quite interesting if there was evidence of Muskogean languages being spoken in Cuba, but I doubt something like that would ever preserve in the historical record

[@johannafigueroa5966]

Amazing! Teaching. Will the the schools or college's have this history for our youth education? Peace & Blessings. PS. Thank you, ancestors.

[@Mercurychyld1]

Taino Daka! ☺️♥️🌹✊🏽

[@luxurydigitalmarketing]

amazing!

[@Meme-lo7ru]

63 yrs taina

[@jorgearodriguez-figueroa4975]

BAYAMON EN LA CASA PUÑETA, con todo y las tragedias que han pasado desde 1942 a todo el caribe MAS la mezcla cultural y biologica, todavia al dia de hoy tenemos las mismas bases ideológicas dee hace 1,000 años atras, familia, comunidad, amor a la naturaleza, admiración a la Figuera de la mujer y hacer party por cualquier excusa. Este video se debería enseñar en todos los rincones de America para que se entienda de donde venimos y que no tenemos que hacer las cosas igual al resto del mundo, tañvez nosotros podemos enseñarle algo al mundo.

[@VictorPerez-xn4uf]

Ok, first of all, BRILLIANT! kinda weird but, as of late, I've been really needing to know more about my culture... "B.C." (if you will).. in fact, I found this video while looking into Ogun.. Taino iron god or something like that.. Millones de gracias 🙏 Great content..Great Presentation.. much respect and I can't thank you enough. Best thing the universe brought to me. I will share this with every Boriguen I know. Dios te bendiga bromigo 😊

[@gravityboy79]

Ogun was black indigenous American but they claim Africa

[@garaldao61]

taino daka

[@garaldjean-louis7730]

Anacaona was from jaragua in Ayiti - she was not hanged but crucified in Leogan , Ayiti. Hatuey did not go to the Dominican Republic but to Gonava ( la gonave island - Ayiti)

[@JayWalking_360]

Lol

[@garaldjean-louis7730]

@@JayWalking_360 Anacaona was crucified and burnt alive by the sea in a place call Caira in Yaguana present day Leogane - Hatuey went to prepare the resistance first to gonabo island and then to Cuba - he was with Mantuneri Guaquimina , Guaracuya Guaquimina( Enriquillo) older brother.

[@labelle8110]

Correct Haiti Carries a lot from Taino culture

[@gracecandelaria406]

Taino were not africans, they had straight hair got it😂

[@gracecandelaria406]

​@@labelle8110 nop, not even 1 percent sorry

[@awhite2501]

My great nan was goddeana hansel pure àra'wak Jamaican

[@chevere0192]

saludos desde boriquen! I found it hard to belief the idea that the natives puerto ricans didnt have writting. In order for any society to establish agriculture they must have a system of arithmetic and astronomy, and in order to be able to do this, humans must necessarily have, written records. I have seen similar symbols from taino and mayan. Any information on this topic?

[@alguienjuandelpueblo5630]

Busca las piedras del Padre Nazario

[@marthawarrington7748]

Sun and rain and now hurricane season

[@thordisfynehair9442]

My mtDNA report says I have Native American percentage. I am very puzzled how this could happen as my long direct line of mothers has been everywhere else in the world & then jumps over to South America! The only answer I can come up with is Conquistadores. I seem to have those marauding characters to thank for my Native American maternal lineage. I do not disparage that part because I would not be here without my line of mothers. In fact I have to smile because my longtime nickname is "Turtle." My husband's Hawaiian family has two animal spirit guardians, one being a turtle. Both Hawaiian & Taino are sea going people & I also like the Taino turtle drawing. 😊 But for the rest of my Native American maternal line from Peru, Ecuador, Columbia...??? Unless it is a broadly associated Arawakan relation??? Hawaiians know about island living and how every one is related in some way so this Taino way is no big surprise to me. 👍

[@garaldjean-louis7730]

Taino wake - heketiwa guatiao

[@marthawarrington7748]

Tell it my brother, those lies have been going on too long

[@ndoroemblem2629]

It should be mentioned that the reason that the Tainos were called indians because that was the original destination of Cristopher when he set out to gather spices and other goods on his voyage to india. Hence the name was born west-indies or Antillano. He was lost on his voyage.

[@ndoroemblem2629]

@indiojazz He knew very well the distinction between hindus, brahman from India, and they were pitch black like Africans. Taino and or Arawaks were black skin or at least the Arawaks were deeply. Cristobal Colon the Italian explorer name in spanish were looking to make it to India were spices were in plentiful abundance. Secondly, depending on who you are, and your education, Cristobal had African-moors explorers who assisted him with navigation to the new world for the italian-butcher-explorer who were sailing on behalf of the spaniards. The Taino were WIPED out within five-eight years!

[@jamesking1495]

​@@ndoroemblem2629oh, you're one of those "Kangz" ppl talk about. 🤡💩🤷🤦😐😑😐

[@jerrygomez2772]

CORRECTION : IT WAS THE VATICAN CHURCH THAT FINANCED COLON ,

[@patricenembhard3755]

I did a presentation recently and I got bad grades because I said South America.

[@patricenembhard3755]

Where were the Tainos Originated?

[@CamilaGarcia-hb4pg]

The Caribbean.

[@nataliamartir2882]

The Arawaks of Colombia and Venezuela.

[@jeremyarroyo360]

South America northeastern orinoco delta region vanazuela 🇻🇪.

[@carmenborras7215]

I do not have WIFI! Cannot watch videos! KZbin pay attention

[@ivonnehowe3864]

My DNA says i am 18% Taino.

[@awhite2501]

You are showing speaking allot of truth but let's show the whole story there is allot of evidence out there now

[@awhite2501]

The English language derived from àra'wak patio not Latin that's a fact to . English language has no connection to European languages at all .they have been trying to change words for so long it's crazy

[@awhite2501]

Spanish are the ones who have claimed allot of àra'wak heritage living there till this day claiming to be àra'wak 🤔

[@awhite2501]

There was 13 disciples not 12 like the pagan say

[@carmenborras7215]

Stop start, stopping video! Cannot watch.

[@awhite2501]

Where are the black àra'wak pics

[@JOSECARABALLO-e1n]

There is none, it's never been one.

[@paulcastillo953]

So sad the the wiping out of the indigenous people of the Caribbean you people lament the extinction of animals.. let alone humans. gone never again to be seen on face of the earth whole Tribes of human beings

[@olgalugo7377]

Tell that to the British..french and anglos who killed off mostly all native americans and abusing slaves starving and locking up the rest in concentration camps called reservations and still today spreading lies blaming it all on the Spanish.

[@jleelattimore]

They are not indigenous to that land mass

[@thediamondotu]

sure are We Tainos are the real West Indians

[@jojomont4713]

Taino people were not completely wiped out, if you’ve ever been up to the mountainous region in Puerto Rico you will see a lot of peoples with native features, some even still speak the languages.

[@awhite2501]

Yes they brought Indo European Indians and Spanish at the time wear Anglo Turks because by that time they took over Spain and kicked all the black people out

[@jamesking1495]

Kangz?

[@ndoroemblem2629]

I honestly did no they were still around to honest. Secondly, you notice all of these europeans present? I wonder why! Smh! The same goes to everyone who are overwhelming european descent with a lil or so indigenous To use latinos are a misnomer but you notice how all Afro-descendants always pay homage! They always pay homage, what a high honorable people and they are uncompromsing, all of them who are of Afro-descent. I wonder why he had to juxtapose what he said in his opener of his presentation...perhaps because of the euros who are present and the other. The Taino was wipe completely out and the remnants of them are stored in the DNA of the people Afro-descendants and the spaniards descendants who remained behind.

[@awhite2501]

Why use Colombus rubbish . We know what our black àra'wak family members went through

[@jeremyarroyo360]

They were not black Africans I hate when you moreanos want to claim steal everyone's culture claim your experts in everybody's history. Do you know or seen what people in south america look like and they deffiently dont look like your ass at all.

[@olgalugo7377]

Look at the natives in South America Venezuela and Colombia who are still pure natives..the same Arawaks who traveled to the Carribbean and they were not black Africans they are bronze colored with straight hairjrk

[@JOSECARABALLO-e1n]

Indeed!!!

[@JOSECARABALLO-e1n]

When columbus went to the Caribbean you were a slave from the Transatlantic trade, not anything else

[@awhite2501]

Show them the black Hebrew native pictures 👌🏾

[@jamesking1495]

Another "Kangz" 😐😑😐

[@JOSECARABALLO-e1n]

GO HOME WITH YOUR AFROCENTRIC BOLONY!!!

[@JOSECARABALLO-e1n]

Black Hebrew, freaking ignorant!!!

[@thediamondotu]

The Tainos are what yall call "The Red Man" of the Americas