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Spanish had overthrown the last of the Taíno cacique chiefdoms on Hispaniola, and firmly established the supreme authority of the Spanish colonists over the now-subjugated Taíno. Over the next decade, the Spanish colonists presided over a genocide of the remaining Taíno on Hispaniola, who suffered enslavement, massacres, or exposure to diseases. The population of Hispaniola at the point of first European contact is estimated at between several hundred thousand to over a million people, but by 1514, it had dropped to a mere 35,000. By 1509, the Spanish had successfully conquered Puerto Rico and subjugated the approximately 30,000 Taíno inhabitants. By 1530, there were 1,148 Taíno left alive in Puerto Rico.
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in 1512, which forbade slavery of native populations in the New World and encouraged their conversion to Catholicism. These laws were created in response to the ongoing enslavement of the Taíno populations, and originally applied only to the island of Hispaniola before being expanded to include other
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Most of the Arawak of the Antilles died out or intermarried after the Spanish conquest. In South America, Arawakan-speaking groups are widespread, from southwest Brazil to the Guianas in the north, representing a wide range of cultures. They are found mostly in the tropical forest areas north of the
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Taíno influence has survived even until today, though, as can be seen in the religions, languages, and music of Caribbean cultures. The Lokono and other South American groups resisted colonization for a longer period, and the Spanish remained unable to subdue them throughout the 16th century. In the
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in existence. He is also the creator of the only Phonetic English to Arawak dictionary (2021), and the only comprehensive books about Lokono-Arawak Culture called 'Lokono Arawaks' (2020), and on traditional Lokono-Arawak spirituality in 'Amazonia's Mythical and Legendary Creatures in the Eagle Clan
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With the modern invention of DNA testing, many scientists came into shock and realization that the Taíno, did infact, not go extinct in the late 1700s. They found many communities and individuals around the islands having a substantial amount of Taíno dna in this modern time. Particularly in rural
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Despite this Paper Genocide and the myth of extinction spread throughout colonial empires, Taíno people still continued to practice their culture and teachings passing it down from generation to generation. Much of this was done in secret or disguised through Catholicism in fear for their survival
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settlement in the Americas. Relationships between the Spaniards and the Taíno would ultimately take a sour turn. Some of the lower-level chiefs of the Taíno appeared to have assigned a supernatural origin to the explorers. When Columbus returned to La Navidad on his second voyage, he found that the
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who helped found the Central Amazon Project, and his team found elaborate pottery, ringed villages, raised fields, large mounds, and evidence for regional trade networks that are all indicators of a complex culture. There is also evidence that they modified the soil using various techniques such as
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By coming together and sharing individual knowledge passed down by either oral history or maintained practice, these groups were able to use that knowledge and cross-reference the journals of Spaniards to fill in parts of Taíno culture & religion long thought to be lost due to Colonization.
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In indigenous culture, the European social construct of race, did not exist. So if a Taíno woman birthed a child with a man from a different tribe, or a non indigenous man, if that child was raised within the culture and the teachings of the Taíno people they were not considered Mestizos (mixed
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With the establishment of a second settlement, La Isabella, and the discovery of gold deposits on the island, the Spanish settler population on Hispaniola started to grow substantially, while disease and conflict with the Spanish began to kill tens of thousands of Taíno every year. By 1504, the
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proposed calling the Caribbean populace "Island Arawak" because of their cultural and linguistic similarities with the mainland Arawak. Subsequent scholars shortened this convention to "Arawak", creating confusion between the island and mainland groups. In the 20th century, scholars such as
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With that realization, Taíno practices and culture started to be taken more seriously and living Taínos being studied under a modern lenses. Because of this, Taíno people started to become more open about sharing their Identities, passed down indigenous culture, and beliefs.
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Today there are many legitimate Yukayekes such as "Higuayagua" and "Yukayeke Taíno Borikén". The Taíno language has also been revived in different dialects thanks to remaining Arawak speaking nations in South America that have helped filled in words lost.
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Lokono-Arawak Oral Tradition of Guyana', and another work that challenges the 'No natives were here when European settlement occurred colonial version of the history of Barbados in the book 'Last Arawak Girl Born in Barbados – a 17th Century Tale' (2021)
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Damon Gerard Corrie, Barbados Lokono of Guyana Lokono descent, radical international indigenous rights activist, and creator of the militant Indigenous Democracy Defence Organization (IDDO), the only such global pan-tribal and multi-racial indigenous
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This is known as a Paper Genocide. For example the 1787 census in Puerto Rico lists 2,300 "pure" Indios in the population, but on the next census, in 1802, not a single Indio is listed. This created the myth that the Taíno people went extinct.
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During this Spanish occupation of the islands, many Taínos who escaped slavery maintained scattered populations in rural areas on these islands, whether in remote areas of dense forestation or in difficult to reach mountain sides and valleys.
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While much of the population was put into slavery. The Spaniards regularly did censuses on natives for the Spanish Crown, however their unwillingness to go into rural parts of the islands greatly undermined the actual number of Taínos.
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This movement led to Yukayekes (Taíno Tribes) finally being reformed resulting in many Taíno families coming out of hiding, and also those who had lost their connection as a result of Colonization began to reconnect their lineages.
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At some point, the Arawakan-speaking Taíno culture emerged in the Caribbean. Two major models have been presented to account for the arrival of Taíno ancestors in the islands; the "Circum-Caribbean" model suggests an origin in the
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By 1493 many Taínos were starting to be enslaved and the population taking a big hit due to the diseases the Spaniards brought to the islands, such as smallpox and syphilis, from lack of bathing & from raping woman.
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In the 21st century, about 10,000 Lokono live primarily in Guyana, with smaller numbers present in Venezuela, Suriname, and French Guiana. Despite colonization, the Lokono population is growing.
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However, even before the DNA conformation in the scientific community, Taíno peoples within the different islands and dispora had started a movement around the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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They also implemented a caste system as a colonial tool to divide and opress indigenous claim called "Sistema de Castas" (or Society of Castes), otherwise known as "Blood Quantum".
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system still trapped many Taínos in forced labor. Additionally, many slave owning Spaniards on these islands were reluctant to release their enslaved Taínos.
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Eventually the Spaniards were able to take control of the islands due to the hit on the population, the political atmosphere between not only the different
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valley in present-day Venezuela. They subsequently spread widely, becoming by far the most extensive language family in South America at the time of
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The movement's focus was to rebuild & fill in the pieces of Taíno culture and practices that were lost between families and communities.
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Amazon. As with all Amazonian native peoples, contact with European settlement has led to culture change and depopulation among these groups.
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Arawakan languages in South America. The northern Arawakan languages are colored in light blue, southern Arawakan languages in dark blue.
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Handler, Jerome S. (January 1977). "Amerindians and Their Contributions to Barbadian Life in the Seventeenth Century".
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rivers and their tributaries. The group that self-identified as the Arawak, also known as the
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While the decrees of Burgos had made slavery of native populations nominally illegal, the
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settlement had been burned down and all 39 men he had left there had been killed.
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areas such as "Campos" (meaning small villages/towns in the country side).
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Bullen, Ripley P., (1966). "Barbados and the Archeology of the Caribbean",
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early 17th century, they allied with the Spanish against the neighbouring
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person), they were still considered a full Taíno to all Taíno people.
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Arawak people gathered for an audience with the Dutch Governor in
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Early Spanish explorers and administrators used the terms
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in 1492, which was followed by the establishment of
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