Taíno
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The Taíno were an indigenous people of the Caribbean. At the time of European contact in the late fifteenth century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Jamaica, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas and the northern Lesser Antilles. The Taíno were the first New World peoples encountered by Christopher Columbus during his 1492 voyage. They spoke the Taíno language, a division of the Arawakan language group.
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See also
- Ciboney
- Enriquillo, rebel cacique
- Garifuna
- Hupia, spirit of the dead
- Indigenous Amerindian genetics
- Island Caribs
- Juracán, god of chaos
- List of Taínos
- Pomier Caves
- Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center
- West Indies
- Yúcahu, central Taíno deity
- Yamaye
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