The Taíno were the first people Christopher Columbus encountered when he sailed to the Americas in 1492. By the middle of the 16th century, European colonizers claimed that 90% of the Taíno ...

This wooden seat known as a duho was sculpted by a Taino artisan. The Taino were one of the pre-European, native peoples of the Caribbean. It is carved in the shape of an ancestor spirit known as ...

It was a pattern that we repeated across the Americas, but the Taino were in the front line, and they suffered more than perhaps any other American people. They had no writing, and so it's only ...

Games were also culturally significant in that the games helped Taínos resolve disputes and make important decisions. Past visitors said the park is small and simple, requiring only about an hour ...