José Barreiro is scholar emeritus on History and Culture, National Museum of the American Indian. He led the documentation of the oral histories and traditions of eastern Cuba´s Native communities and ...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) The Massachusetts State Senate is the first state senate in the United States to acknowledge the culture and heritage of ...

If one wanted to go back further than the 250th celebration and ask: Who were the first Indigenous people to have contact ...

British auction house Christie's is placing dozens of Taino artifacts up for bids in Paris on Wednesday. But in a growing campaign online, many who identify with the indigenous people are requesting ...

An ancient tooth has proven Taíno indigenous Americans are not extinct, as long believed, but have living descendants in the Caribbean today. Researchers made the discovery when they used the ...

A petition urging the artifacts to be repatriated to the Dominican Republic garnered over 41,000 signatures. Sanakori Ramos, the behique or medicine man for the AraYeke Yukayek tribe led a small group ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Priscilla Colón speaks to an audience about the Taíno language and culture ...

On a wet September evening in the financial capital of the world and belly of modernity’s beast, a few hundred people gathered within the grand halls of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House, home ...