The Taíno were a historic Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, whose culture has been continued today by Taíno … See more

Various scholars have addressed the question of who were the native inhabitants of the Caribbean islands to which Columbus voyaged in 1492. They face difficulties, since European accounts cannot be r… See more

Two schools of thought have emerged regarding the origin of the Indigenous people of the Caribbean.
• One group of scholars contends that the ancestors of the Taíno were Arawak speakers w… See more

Taíno society was divided into two classes: naborias (commoners) and nitaínos (nobles). They were governed by male chiefs known as caciques, who inherited their position through their mother's noble line. (This … See more

The Taíno were the most culturally advanced of the Arawak group to settle in what is now Puerto Rico. Individuals and kinship groups that previously had some prestige and rank in the tribe began to occupy the … See more