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Taino: The myth of extinction
Produced by: Raven Ingenito
La desnudez taínaMitopoema
Por: José Enrique Méndez
Representacion de Anacaona y un trigonolito sagrado con la efigie de la Divinidad Madre Yukaju
Vagua Maorokoti
Los de Caonabopudieron levantar la caraen la lectura de los signos
que soportaban sus estandartesen la voz aguda y larga
de la palabra completa queescondían en el azar
Los del Maguanapudieron levantar la cara
en la esculturaprimer anillo
mirada inalcanzablemuro ausente de la carne
piedra blanca
Los del valle Nitipudieron levantar la cara
en el ser hondo del nombreen el lenguaje de los huesos resecados
en el cambio jadeante de medula y semental
Los nacidos del vientre de Anacaonapudieron levantar la cara
cambiar de nombreen la piedraen el anillo
en el lenguajeen el ser hondo
en la palabra completa blanca
en el enigma de su signoen su lenguaje de lenguaje
y ser poema al hablar
Pero llegaron ellos y embriagaron de prisas sus tiempos,
les impusieron culpas,vergüenzas por la desnudez de sus cuerpos
y desde entoncesles impusieron el miedo
La mirada del ibero desgarró el signoquebró el transito del rito
la epopeya del Cemíy sus dominios
Click icon to add pictureThe PeopleHe was a hunter, warrior, and medicine man.Strong for his family and band.She sheltered, clothed, and fed her family,
Lovingly caring for all.The young and strong learned from the old ones,Whose wisdom guided us well.Then strangers came to the land.
What is civilization?
Its marks are a noble religion
and philosophy,
original arts, stirring music,
rich story and legend.
We had these.
- 1927, Grand Council Fire of
American Indians, memorandum
To the mayor of Chicago
Do not grieve.Misfortunes will happento the wisest and best of
men.Death will come and
always out of season.1818, Big Elk, Omaha,
when an old man
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Things may be going well
for you one day,
then something happens
and you are destroyed.
This is the way life is.
Remember, it can happen
to you, too.
- Ancient Diequeno mourning
song
The Cemi Museum In Barrio Coabey, Jayuya, Puerto Rico
Cacique
Mabodamaca
Isabela, Puerto
Rico
Caguana
Ceremonial
Ball Courts
Site
Taino Legacy
fututo
iguana
hammock
maracas
guiro
yucca
hurricane
barbeque
canoe
Current issues:
“The way they wrote us out of history, we will
write ourselves back in.” –Naniki Reyes Ocasio
THE LOST TAINO TRIBE examines the complex issue of Taino history in Boriquén (Puerto Rico) and documents the efforts of the Taino resurgence movement taking place throughout the Americas
Taino Revival Efforts
El Futuro…
We try to teach our Indian children,do not be ashamed,even though you are Indians.Think like Indians, be like Indians,but learn English,learn how to write,be educated.You have two mindsand you can work with both.We do not want to lose outon being Indians. -1967, Buffalo Tiger,Miccosukee leader
Encounter by Jane Yolen
“ So it was we lost our lands to the strangers from the sky (The Spainards). We gave our souls
to their gods. We took their speech into our mouths,
forgetting our own. Our sons and daughters became their
sons and daughters, no longer true humans, no longer ours.
That is why I, am old man now, dream no more dreams. That is
why I sit here wrapped in a stranger’s cloak, counting the
stranger’s bells on a string, telling my story. May it be a
warning to all the children and all the people in every land” (p.
27).
We are also products of a rich and ancient culture
which supersedes and makes bearableany oppressions we are forced to bear.
We believe in tribalism,we believe that tribalism
is what has caused us to endure. - 1961, National Indian YouthConference policy statement
“ “INSIDE EVERY MESTIZO THERE IS EITHER ONE DEAD INDIAN OR AN INDIAN WAITING TO RE-EMERGE.” -JOSE BARREIRO
Resulted from the DNA findings:
Taino
African
Spainard
Education