LOST TAINO TRIBE

SHARE TAINO FACTS, MYTHS AND "TRUTHS"

The Lost Taino Tribe documentary explores all angles about a very complex issue - Taino history and the Puerto Rican identity.

Members

  • Agueycoayu Duey
  • Majaguany
  • Liza Cruz
  • Edmee Cappas Velez
  • Joanna Soto-Avilés
  • David Aponte Resto
  • Stephanie Aponte
  • Jesus Manuel Badea Nieves
  • Martin Antonio Gonzalez
  • Fernando Fuster Muñiz
  • George Mendez
  • Taina
  • Caracoli
  • Salina Sanchez
  • Iris Victoria Fernandez
  • Roberto Mukaro Borrero
  • Don Pedro
  • Noel Sanchez-Montalvo
  • HERIBERTO LOPEZ MARTINEZ
  • jaquelyn garcia-santos

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RESOURCES


MUSIC CD: TAINO LOG DRUMMING by
Edwin Maguey Cedeno - Taino
tel: (203) 296-0944







http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/columbus/columbus.shtml

We need to listen to a wider range of voices. We need to hear from those whose lands and rights were taken away by those who "discovered" them. Their stories, too often suppressed, tell of 500 years of courageous struggle, and the lasting wisdom of native peoples. Understanding what really happened to them in 1492 is key to understanding why people suffer the same injustices today.


http://www.markuswiener.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=522
TAINO REVIVAL - Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rican Identity and Cultural Politics.
Read - Roberto Mucaro Borrero - "Rethinking Taino: A Taino Perspective




http://www.centrelink.org/resurgence/index.html

INDIGENOUS RESURGENCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY CARIBBEAN - Amerindian Survival and Revival


ADDITIONAL READINGS
http://www.preb.com/libri/libtaino.htm










Las reglas del foro simple - ¡RESPETO! Respete a todos la personas en este foro. ¡RECUERDE! NO EN ESTE WEB SITE…. es inaceptable atacar personas/o gentes por su ideas, religión, sexualidad, capacidades físicas, etc. Falta de respeto a las personas de este foro – Su participación será terminada. Código de conducta - No utilice las áreas públicas para sus propios promociones es decir no spam a la comunidad. En su página del perfil usted puedeser sus promociones, siempre y cuando no son pornografía libre y se adhieren a los términos del servicio de Ning.
¡Gracias comunidad!


There are forum rules that boil down to one thing: RESPECT!
Please respect each others' right to opinion. Be open minded to those who are different from you. This includes any and all subjects whether it be religion, gender, sexuality, physical abilities, etc.
As with all guidelines failure to comply makes the moderators unfriendly....REMEMBER! NOT ON THIS WEBSITE.... which means your participation in these forums will be terminated.
Code of Conduct
Don’t use the public areas for promotions. In other words don’t spam the community with links to your site. If you offer a service or have a website that is relevant to a conversation or piece of content then you may mention it, but please use discretion. On your profile page you can go nuts with the promotions, so long as they are porn free and adhere to the Ning terms of service.
All content submissions must be TAINO related. If your submission does not deal directly with OUR GOALS then chances are we’ll pull it down. If you think we’ve pulled something of yours down unjustly let us know. We’re only human and we make mistakes sometimes.
Thank You Community!
 


As of July 19, 2010 - $360 in contributions have been made thanks to the generous contribution of our members. The goal is $500 by August 1, 2010
En el día 18 de julio de 2010 - $360 en contribuciones se han hecho los gracias a la contribución abundante de nuestros miembros. La meta es $500 antes del 1 de agosto de 2010.


With the phasing out of this free Ning networks – I am faced with several choices on what to do with The Lost Taino Tribe website. You may not have heard or aware of this but this website which is a Ning product has been a free service but Ning has decided that they will begin charging for their services.

Because this is a community website with close to 1,000 members who have made this website what it is – it’s only right that you the community have a say on which direction/choices this website should go. Here are the plans that Ning are now offering
Plan 1 is $20 - this would mean that I would only be able to have 150 members and would have to eliminate 850 members.
Plan 2 is $200 – this would mean having the website as is minus the videos and photos that you all have submitted.
Plan 3 is $500 – the website would be kept as is with additional features that would enhance your experience with this website.

One way to get around this is for the members of The Lost Taino Tribe consider pledging/donating. The good news is that with a thousand members if you all chip in $2.00 a year we are set. But the chances of getting 100% of this group to participate are very unlikely. If half of the group participated than it would require $4.00 from you. You can do the math - but I am told that if only 10% of the people of this website participated I would be very lucky.

This documentary is to important not to do and I need your help to get it done. This website is important because this documentary from the very beginning is being created from the input of the community – YOU. I believe in giving credit where it is due – so for everybody who donates/pledges – YOUR NAME WILL BE SEEN IN THE CREDITS FOR THIS DOCUMENTARY. I don’t care if you donate 1 cent or 1 million dollars your name will go on the movie credits – that’s the least I can do. Thank you very much for all the support you have given to the Taino story!

Quizás usted no oído o enterado de esto pero este Web site que es un producto de Ning ha sido un servicio gratuito pero Ning ha decidido a que él comenzará a cargar para sus servicios.

Una forma alrededor de esto es su consideración como miembro es su donación para seguir mantener este website. Y por su donación usted recibirá créditos en la película. No importa si es un centavo o un millón de dólares su nombre se va presentar en los créditos de este documental The Lost Taino Tribe. Como siempre gracias por su apoyo!


Make check or money order to: 3N Productions, LLC
Mail to: 3N Productions, LLC
2313 Sunrise Court
Green Bay, WI 54302
c/o Lost Taino Tribe


or click on button below


You have just joined the LOST TAINO TRIBE community...welcome!!
Remember we are making a community inspired documentary about Tainos and the Puerto Rican identity. This film urges the re-examination of the Puerto Rican identity by exploring the controversial revival movement of the indigenous Indians of Puerto Rico known as the Tainos. In large part the LOST TAINO TRIBE documentary is an experiment and you can help shape this story.
Be creative with your submissions, comments and activities. We believe that together we can educate the global community and through this process of educated discourse set an example that we can all agree to disagree RESPECTFULLY.
The types of forums that can be created are limitless AS LONG AS WE ALL REMEMBER THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT.

El documental The Lost Taino Tribe explora todos los ángulos sobre una tema muy compleja - la historia de los Tainos y la identidad puertorriqueña.
Recuerde que estamos haciendo un documental inspirado por la comunidad global sobre los Tainos y la identidad puertorriqueña. Sea creativo con sus comentarios y actividades. Los tipos de foros que puedan ser creados son ilimitados MIENTRAS TODOS RECORDEMOS LA META DE ESTE PROYECTO.



A Special Thanks/Gracias To My Supporters And Funders

http://www.nalip.org/



http://www.itvs.org/

To learn more about how you and your organization can help support and fund this project: alex@3Nvideopro.com

Thank You Community!


Para más informacion cómo usted y su organización pueden ayudar a apoyar y a financiar este proyecto: alex@3Nvideopro.com

¡Gracias comunidad!

THE LOST TAINO TRIBE - Trailers

Here is the latest video clip that addresses the issue of self-identity. Please feel free to start a discussion and invite a friend.




LOST TAINO TRIBE

ABOVE AND BELOW ARE RANDOM WORDS THAT I SELECTED FROM YOUR RESPONSES WHEN I ASKED WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE AND WHAT INTERESTED YOU. ESTÁN SON LAS PALABRAS QUE SELECCIONÉ DE SUS RESPUESTAS CUANDO PREGUNTÉ QUÉ LE TRAJERON AQUÍ Y QUÉ LE INTERESO. image by Wordle







The summer of 2009 while filming at the Taino Festival in Jayuya, P.R. I had the opportunity to listen in on a lecture (in Spanish) that was given by Dr. Juan Martinez Cruzado, a geneticist from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez who designed an island-wide DNA survey. According to the study funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, 61 percent of all Puerto Ricans have Amerindian mitochondrial DNA, 27 percent have African and 12 percent Caucasian. (Nuclear DNA, or the genetic material present in a gene's nucleus, is inherited in equal parts from one's father and mother. Mitochondrial DNA is inherited only from one's mother and does not change or blend with other materials over time.) His conclusion is that the majority of Puerto Ricans have Native blood.
Go to the videos section and watch excerpts 1 through 5 of his lecture.

Dé una conferencia por Dr. Juan Martinez Cruzado un genetista de Puerto Rico explica que la población boricua tiene sangre indígena.
Vaya a la sección de los vídeos y mire los extractos 1 a 5 de su conferencia.





Professor Gabriel Haslip-Viera shares his insights on indigenous genetic identity as it applies to the Neo-Tainos.

Production Images from New York and Puerto Rico for the Documentary




The Emmy Award winning team - Producer/Director Alex Zacarias and videographer Ray Ibsen first took to New York and then to Puerto Rico to begin work on The Lost Taino Tribe documentary. Included here are photographs and video clips of the making of the documentary trailer.

First a huge thanks to all for the support and friendships made in both these magical places. Our first impression is that the Taino story is beyond the facts and truths (which is very important) but it is also the unrelenting passion for self identity. We met many folks on both sides of the issue. Each person - each group - shared similiar and different ideas, thoughts and beliefs - added together makes for a powerful story.


We were able to get enough film footage and information to continue to pursue the funding needed for the making of this important contemporary documentary. The truth is much larger than any one person or place. We will be back to New York, Puerto Rico and to all the Caribbean Diaspora.

Primero gracias a todos por la ayuda y las amistades hechas en esta ciudad maravillosa ques es Nuevo York y en La Isla del Encanto - Puerto Rico. Nuestra primera impresión es que la historia del Taino está más allá de los hechos y de las verdades (que es muy importante) pero es también la pasión implacable para la identidad del uno mismo. Encontramos a mucha gente en ambos lados de la edición. Cada persona - cada grupo – tienen ideas y pensamientos similares y tambien diversos - juntos hace para una historia de gran alcance.

Forum

Michael Eric Dyer [Opia Cao]

the Blood 2 Replies

Started by Michael Eric Dyer [Opia Cao]. Last reply by Michael Eric Dyer [Opia Cao] Jun 30.

Silent

A song for my Taino Brothers and Sisters

Started by Silent Jun 1.

Some Gurl

Tribe Types 17 Replies

Started by Some Gurl. Last reply by Inaru Jun 12.

Diana

What are the Taino words for...?

Started by Diana May 17.

Caracoli

Who coined the word Boricua? Its not an easy Question 8 Replies

Started by Caracoli. Last reply by Caracoli Jun 11.

Martin Antonio Gonzalez

Taino Native Pride 7 Replies

Started by Martin Antonio Gonzalez. Last reply by Martin Antonio Gonzalez Jul 25.

Miguel Sobaoko Koromo sague

Equinoccio Vernal en Brooklyn---------Spring Equinox in Brooklyn

Started by Miguel Sobaoko Koromo sague Mar 26.

Marco Zayas

tainos of connecticut 4 Replies

Started by Marco Zayas. Last reply by Roberto Mukaro Borrero May 13.

AmaHura

The U.S. Government says I cant claim to be Indian... 16 Replies

Started by AmaHura. Last reply by George Mendez Jun 30.

C4-RR

Taino Nation/ Tribe Membership 11 Replies

Started by C4-RR. Last reply by Caracoli Jul 3.

Inaru

No Creo En El Census 2 Replies

Started by Inaru. Last reply by jaquelyn garcia-santos Mar 3.

ARGUE THE ISSUES - NO PERSONAL ATTACKS PLEASE!!!!!!



The World Map Above Shows Where The Lost Taino Tribe Members On This Website Call Home.
Includes:
North America USA
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America Canada
Middle East

La mapa del mundo demuestra donde los miembros de este website viven.

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Blog Posts

Roberto Mukaro Borrero

Peace and Dignity Run Begins in Borikén

Borikén/Puerto Rico (UCTP Taino News) – The Borikén 2010 Peace and Dignity Run began on the 17th of July with the sounding of many guamo (conch shell horns) at sunrise in the Yunke Rainforest. A spiritual event, the run is being undertaken to raise awareness about the condition of indigenous scared sites on the island as well as connect native Taino islanders
Continue

Posted by Roberto Mukaro Borrero on July 21, 2010 at 10:30am

Inaru

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE BARACK OBAMA AND HIS COLONIAL POLICE, IN ACTION AGAINST THE PEOPLE

Este es el Gobierno Fascista de Puerto Rico



Nefasto 30 de junio de 2010, Época del Liberal y Premio Nóbel de la Paz
Barack Obama
y después de 112 años de coloniaje de Estados Unidos


ESTE ES EL GOBIERNO DE OBAMA EN PUERTO RICO


No, no es Irak, Afganistán ni Cuba.
ESTE ES EL GOBIERNO DE FORTUÑO, el Pusilánime,
amordazado por Tomás Rivera Schatzanás, Presidente de un Senado fascista.



RIVERA SANCHA, SuperIntendente de la Policía, dice que todos los estudiantes son dilincuentes, revoltosos y… Continue

Posted by Inaru on July 4, 2010 at 3:10pm

Inaru

Donation request for peace and dignity Run Boriken 2010:)

&nbsp1 July, 2010

Re: Funding Urgently Needed for Borikén 2010 Peace and Dignity Run

Takahi Guaitiao (Greetings Relative):

It is our hope that this message finds you well and in good spirit. We are writing to bring your attention to an historic event that will take place on the island of Borikén (Puerto Rico) this July 17-25, 2010. This event, “The Borikén 2010 Peace and Dignity Run: Road to 2012”, is an indigenous led spiritual run that seeks to raise awareness about the condition of sac… Continue

Posted by Inaru on July 3, 2010 at 12:47pm

Inaru

Tiananmen Square Puerto Rico…vaya con gas y todo…Y eso que todavia dice el gobierno que exsiste la justicia.

URGENT. URGENT.URGENT.



IMPORTANT NEWS TO DIVULGE TROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

EXPLOSIVE POLITICAL SITUATION IN PUERTO RICO



It is 5:00 of the evening of June 30, 2010, groups of students, teachers and citizens asked for entry to the House of the Laws and they were struck and tortured by the Police, there are numerous injured people, while the National Guard is mobilized towards the Capitol Hill. Violent shocks scatter for the whole zone of the Parliament and the repressions con… Continue

Posted by Inaru on June 30, 2010 at 11:53pm

Inaru

WBAI program on Puerto Rico re it's colonial status

&nbspWBAI Dlycia Pagan and Jan Susler



buildingbridgesradio4@gmail.com If you missed it you can still listen just go to WBAI web site and all programs for the week can be downloaded....Despierta boricua Defiende Lo TUYO!



WBAI Radio's Building Bridges: Your Community & Labor Report Produced &

Hosted by Mimi Rosenberg & Ken Nash Monday, June 28, 2010, 7 - 8 p.m. EST,

over 99.5 FM or streaming live at http://www.wbai.orgContinue

Posted by Inaru on June 28, 2010 at 10:30pm

Inaru

Boriken 2910 Peace and Dignity Run on the road to 2012...Cheap tickets to Boriken

Re Boriken 2010 cheap tickets Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 11:54 AM To all the peace and dignity runners...Spirit airlines has really cheap tickets to Boriken(Puerto Rico)...i suggest you check it out. ASAP..Note do not purchase seats if you book Spirit...just get there real early. So go to spirit airlines .com....and or jet Blue...both are less then 160 dollars each way.... Also we will have meeting Tuesday with all participants with all final details of run...I will post place and time
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Posted by Inaru on June 24, 2010 at 8:03pm

ARGUE THE ISSUES - NO PERSONAL ATTACKS PLEASE!!!!


The map above is an incomplete list of known Taínos, some of which were Caciques (Male tribal chiefs) or Cacicas (Female tribal chiefs) and the locations are not specific but general areas. Taíno society was divided into two classes: naborias (commoners) and nitaínos (nobles). Both were governed by chiefs known as Caciques (male) or Cacicas/Caciquesa (female), who was the maximum authority in a Yucayeque (village). The chiefs were advised by priests/healers known as bohiques.

El mapa demuestra una lista incompleta de Taínos conocidos, algunos cuyo eran los caciques (jefes de la tribu de sexo masculino) o Cacicas (jefes de la tribu de sexo femenino) y las localizaciones son áreas no específicas sino generales.

Below Incomplete List of Caciques de Borikén/Puerto Rico
Lista de Caciques de Borikén

Agüeybaná: Puerto Rico's head cacique who was chief over all the other caciques of Boriken at the time of discovery. His yucayeque or village was on the Guayanilloa Bay area.
Abey: yucayeque in Salinas
Alonso: minor cacique in Otoao (Utuado).
Aramaná: yucayeque around the río Coa (Toa)
Arasibo: yucayeque in the area of río Abacoa (río Grande de Arecibo)
Aymamón: yucayeque on the río Culebrinas/Western Puerto Rico
Cacimar: of Caribe ancentry, his yucayeque was in Vieques.
Caguax: yucayeque by the río Turabo
Canóbana: yucayeque by the río Cayniabón (río Grande de Loíza)
Cagüana: minor cacique in Utuado area
Cayey: yucayeque in Cayey
Dagüao: yucayeque at río Santiago (Naguabo)
Doña María: daughter of cacique Bagnamanay , her Taíno name is unkown
Güamaní: yucayeque possibly around Guayama o Manatí
Güarionex: One of the more important caciques, his yucayeque was in Utuado.
Güaybaná: Fought the Spaniards with Güarionex
Güaraca: yucayeque in Güayaney
Jayuya: yucayeque near present day Jayuya.
Jumacao: cacique for the village of Macao. The area is nowadays the town of Humacao, named after the cacique.
Orocobix of the Yucayeque in Jatibonicu
Mayagoex from the Mayagüez area.


Above is an incomplete timeline of Taino organizations.
Cronología de las organizaciones Taino.
 
 
 

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On December 1895 the flag of Puerto Rico is created at a meeting held at "Chimney Corner Hall" in New York City by a group of 59 Puerto Ricans that were affiliated with Cuban Revolutionary Party which advocated independence for Puerto Rico and Cuba from Spanish rule. En diciembre de 1895 la bandera de Puerto Rico nacio en un reunión en el " Esquina de Chimenea Hall" en Nueva York. La bandera fue creado por un grupo de 59 puertorriqueños que fueron afiliados con el partido revolucionario cubano que luchaban por la independencia de Puerto Rico y Cuba contra los Españoles.








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