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Cayetano Coll y Toste's 1901 map of Puerto Rico caciques [42] The Taíno were the most culturally advanced of the Arawak group to settle in what is now Puerto Rico. [43] Individuals and kinship groups that previously had some prestige and rank in the tribe began to occupy the hierarchical position that would give way to the cacicazgo. [44]
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 subsequent Spanish colonization of the island forced thousands of Indians to other neighboring islands such as Borikén (Puerto Rico) to where he fled. Guarionex, meaning "The Brave Noble Lord", became the cacique of the village of Otoao or Utuado in Puerto Rico in 1493 Cacique of yucayeque in Utuado, Puerto Rico. [38] Guatiguaná
Statue of Agüeybaná II in Parque Monumento, Ponce The native Taíno tribes have played a major role in the history and culture of the island of Puerto Rico.At the head of each tribe was a cacique who, along with the nitaínos, governed each of the yucayeques, or villages of the island.
Taino reenactment in Puerto Rico. The Taíno, an Arawak people, were the major population group throughout most of the Caribbean. Their culture was divided into three main groups, the Western Taíno, the Classic Taíno, and the Eastern Taíno, with other variations within the islands.
Guarionex (Taíno language: "The Brave Noble Lord" [2]) was a Taíno cacique from Maguá in the island of Hispaniola at the time of the arrival of the Europeans to the Western Hemisphere in 1492. [1]
The organization is registered as a domestic non-profit corporation in Puerto Rico under the name Guainia Taino Tribe, Inc. [13] In the United States Virgin Islands, the organization is registered under the name Guainia Taino Tribe of the Virgin Islands and is listed as a domestic partnership with headquarters in Charlotte Amalie. [14]
The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture still manages the site as a park under the name Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Center (Parque Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana). The National Park Service has placed it on the National Register of Historic Places , and designated it as a National Historic Landmark (under the name Caguana Site ).