Part of the Arawak group of Indigenous peoples in the Americas, the Taíno are also referred to as Island Arawaks or Antillean Arawaks. [4][5]

Nov 29, 2025 · Taino, Arawakan-speaking people who at the time of Columbus’s exploration inhabited what are now Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

Jul 24, 2025 · “Taíno” means “the men of good.” Nevertheless, it seems the name was adopted by some Spanish colonizers. Later historians asserted that “Arawak” or “Island Arawak” would …

Dec 18, 2025 · The Taino weren’t the only indigenous group in the Caribbean; the earliest humans appear to have settled there about 3,500 years before. (As James Joyce wrote once, …

Fray Pané was appointed by Columbus to record the Taino customs. Living amongst the Taíno, Fray Pané learning their language, religion and worship of the zemi gods as well as Taino …

While most of their culture was wiped out, Taino survived in Puerto Rico, albeit of mixed lineage, and efforts have been made to revive Taino identity and culture.

Arawak-speaking peoples from South America began settling the Caribbean islands more than 2,000 years ago. Their descendants, the Taíno, reside on the Greater Antilles and surrounding …

Taíno Indians, a subgroup of the Arawakan Indians (a group of American Indians in northeastern South America), inhabited the Greater Antilles (comprising Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola [Haiti …

Dec 7, 2018 · Population estimates for the people living in the Caribbean in 1492 have varied enormously, and the debate over the number of Taíno living in Hispaniola when Columbus …

In fact, Taíno descendants, along with their culture and language, remain an important part of Caribbean life today. Many Taíno words, such as canoe, hammock, and tobacco, still exist in …