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Taíno heritage groups are organizations, primarily located in the United States and the Caribbean, that promote Taíno revivalism. Many of these groups are from non-sovereign U.S. territories outside the contiguous United States, especially Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The Guainía Taíno Tribe nevertheless assert the right to self-determination as descendants of the broader Taíno people. [11] [12] [13] They and other Taíno groups in non-sovereign U.S. territories are represented on the International Indian Treaty Council under the United Confederation of Taíno People. The IITC and UCTP has campaigned ...
The UCTP's founding declaration was established on January 3rd of 1998, and lists eight articles [8] for their organization: . 1) the protection, defense, and preservation of Taíno cultural heritage and spiritual traditions by enlisting and uniting societies, groups, and organizations together in the Circum-Caribbean, such as the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Bahamas, Bimini, the ...
Taíno is a term referring to a historic Indigenous people of the Caribbean, whose culture has been continued today by their descendants and Taíno revivalist communities. [2] [3] [4] Indigenous people in the Greater Antilles did not refer to themselves as Taínos, as the term was coined by the anthropologist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in ...
Phillips, her husband Tesroy Phillips, and their 12 children have worked towards federal tribal recognition. [4] Phillips established and serves as the president of the nonprofit Opi'a Taino International, Inc. an organization that aims to restore the cultural heritage, raise awareness of, and educate about the Taíno, Arawak, and Kalinago peoples.
The Caribbean region was initially populated by Amerindians from several different Kalinago and Taino groups. These groups were decimated by a combination of enslavement and disease brought by European colonizers. Descendants of the Taino and Kalinago tribes exist today in the Caribbean and elsewhere but are usually of partial Amerindian ...
Although some members of Habsburg family are still around, their ruling dynasty ended in November of 1918. In 1919, the last emperor, Karl I, went into exile in Switzerland, The World of Habsburg ...
Cacique of Baracoa, Cuba also known as Oliguama. brother of Guamá. took over Chieftainship after he murdered his brother, as stated by Alexo a Taino warrior. [35] Guamá: Cacique of Cuba fought the Spaniards at Baracoa Guamá was betrayed and murdered by his brother Guamayry also known as Oliguama. Guamá II: Cacique on Hispaniola, today a ...