Because of its otherworldly brilliance, the 16th century Taino Indians of Cuba called it turey, their word for the most luminous part of the sky. They adored its sweet smell, its reddish hue, its ...

In a sweltering coastal settlement, Alejandro Hartmann pulled out a spiral notebook and jotted notes as a local peasant described his family’s ties to a long forgotten indigenous group that is ...

The Taíno, indigenous people of the Caribbean, were the primary inhabitants of what is now Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and The Bahamas. Their cultural and historical ...

Ricky and Emil Collado turned a teenager’s frustration with golf’s lack of Latino representation into Taíno Golf, a thriving apparel brand that celebrates indigenous Caribbean culture. Now, as both ...

Miguel Sagué Jr. was born in Cuba, and grew up knowing his ancestors on his father’s side included the Taíno, the indigenous people of the Caribbean. He even had relatives in El Caney, an indigenous ...

Once upon a time, the Taino people inhabited much of the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, present-day Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica and other islands. Then Christopher Columbus arrived in ...

Lawrence Waldron asserts that rumors of Taíno extinction are greatly exaggerated and definitely headed for an extinction of their own. Lawrence Waldron [Versión de este artículo en español disponible ...

Melendez is hopeful the latter will be open by the end of the year. “The side we’re opening now is set up to be carryout only; however, there’s a little outside seating available for those who want to ...

Members of Concilio Taíno Guatu-Ma-cu-A-Borikén present an areyto (communal song-dance) for the public in 2017 in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Watkins Watkins Members of Concilio Taíno ...

Few visitors to Cuba make it past the country's famed capital city, where cigar aficionados smoke up in private eating houses and wealthy vacationers pass the nights in cabarets. But nine of Cuba's 11 ...