UCTP Taino News "Did You Know" Files

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Friday, September 04, 2026

The Names of Taíno Women Survive in the Colonial Record

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  Their names survive in the colonial record. Their legacy survives in Taíno women today. Did You Know: Early colonial records from Borikén...
Wednesday, August 05, 2026

Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Constructed Roads and Causeways

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  Stone structures at the Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes, Ponce, Borikén. Tibes preserves plazas, stone alignments, constructed walks, ...
Saturday, December 21, 2019

Ancient DNA and Taíno Continuity

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The genetic legacy of the Taíno. This analysis compares the Indigenous component identified in present-day Puerto Rican genomes with the ap...
Monday, November 18, 2019

Dogs in the Indigenous Caribbean

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Ritual burial of a dog ( aon ), Punta Candelero, Humacao, Puerto Rico, approximately 250 BCE–400 CE, Huecoid tradition. Collection of the M...
Saturday, October 12, 2019

Columbus and the Enslavement of Taíno People

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Did You Know: On October 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus decided to take six Taíno people with him upon his return back to Spain. This act wa...
Monday, September 02, 2019

Did You Know: A Taíno Agricultural Ceremony Was Mistaken for Desecration?

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  Did You Know: One of the earliest Spanish accounts from Kiskeia records an incident in which Taíno men took Christian religious images fr...
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