The Caribbean, Trinidad and the Guianas
Taíno
Lands
Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and other islands of the Greater Antilles, and diaspora communities in the United States
Countries Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States
Facts 3
Today
Over about four decades a Taíno movement has grown in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, as more families and groups affirm their Native ancestry.
As of 2018 Source: Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of the American Indian and Smithsonian Latino Center), Taino: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
Taíno community groups take part in language research, including tracing the Taíno roots of everyday words such as hurricane, hammock and tobacco.
Source: Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution), This Culture, Once Believed Extinct, Is Flourishing (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Culture
In the New York area, the Arawak Mountain Singers formed in 1991 and became active on the powwow circuit, one of several Taíno heritage groups in the diaspora.
Source: Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution), This Culture, Once Believed Extinct, Is Flourishing (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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