While today many native peoples in Latin America retain their presence, in Puerto Rico the narrative since time immemorial has been that the Taino people disappeared under the yoke of the Conquest.

The first indigenous people encountered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 are not always widely recognized. Patricia Chali’naru Dones, a Newton resident, works to preserve the culture of Puerto Rico’s ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Hundreds of people in Humboldt Park have a unique chance to connect with history and culture. The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is hosting a tribal council from ...

This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, Indian Country Today, and High Country News. In 2017, Hurricane Maria hit the ...

To focus on Puerto Rico's indigenous peoples and attractions, the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. unveiled La Ruta Taina (The Taino Route), which runs from Arecibo on the island's north coast to Ponce on the ...

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The Voice of the Taino People Online respectfully bids farewell to the late Boriken Taino community elder and spiritual leader, Ángel Manuel Galagarza. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s catastrophic sweep across Puerto Rico, some on the U.S. mainland were trying to sort out just how American this territory really is. This past weekend, President ...

Smithsonian magazine reports that 61% of all Puerto Ricans have trace Indigenous Taíno DNA, but historians in the Puerto Rican government claim Indigenous Taíno people have been conquered and wiped ...