UCTP Taino News "Did You Know" Files

An extension of the United Confederation of Taino People’s premier online news service the "Voice of the Taino People Online", this educational initiative is dedicated to increasing the visibility of Indigenous Peoples from throughout the Caribbean region and the Diaspora in the Spirit of Our Ancestors. Copyright for the entries included in "The UCTP Did You Know Files" is retained by the United Confederation of Taino People. Copyright © 2007-2023, All Rights Reserved.

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...
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Areito is Taíno

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M embers of the Kasibahagua Taíno Cultural Society shared a contemporary areito  at the 2019 Bear Mountain Pow Wow in New York.   ...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Caribbean Jade

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Did You Know: Jade is a generic term often used to describe various greenish gemstones found around the Greater Caribbean region, ...
Tuesday, April 02, 2019

Hagua (jagua, xagua)

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Did You Know: The hagua (jagua, xagua), whose scientific name is Genipa Americana L., is both a tropical tree and a fruit that is ...
Thursday, January 03, 2019

El Grito de Koaiuko (Coayuco)

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Contemporary representations of Taíno kasike Mabodamaka and Agueibaná "el Bravo" in Borikén (Puerto Rico) Did You Know:  In B...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

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Photo taken right after the adoption of the Declaration on 13 September 2007 Did You Know: The United Nations Declaration on the Right...
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