The retrospective history
of the Taino in general

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The history of the Taino in general

Chief's Bones Gone Volcano Very Mad

By Peter B. Gallagher, in Seminole Tribune, 11 October 1996. Archaeological evidence of initial settlement of Caribbean from Amazonia.

A Note on Tainos: Whither Progress?

By José Barreiro, from Northeast Indian Quarterly, pp. 66-77, Fall, 1990. Taino culture was dominant throughout the Caribbean, the cradle of Taino civilization. In agriculture, seafaring and cosmology, Ciboney and Guanahatabey (western Cuba), Macorix and/or Ciguayo (Bohio) and even Carib (Lesser Antilles) all followed the material and much of the psycho-spiritual framework of the Taino.

The Story of Cacique Hatuey, Cuba's First National Hero

By Tony Castanha, 11 October 1999. In the 16th century Hatuey was a powerful Taino Cacique (chieftain), who has since been considered by many as Cuba's first national hero, although he was originally from the island of Quisqueya (Domincian Republic).