The Taino and the Spanish Cristóbal Colón landed on an unknown island in the Caribbean on October 10, 1492. He planted banners in the beach claiming the land for the Spanish throne. Colón’s perceptions and interactions with the indigenous people, the Taino, sparked the events that lead to the colonization of the Americas. Colón’s perceptions of the Taino were misinterpreted by him. His misconceptions about the Taino were built from a compilation of his own expectations, readings of other explorers
Columbus comes to mind, who has become the icon of the conquest escapades in the “New World”. In this essay, the culture of indigenous peoples, namely the Taino, and their encounter with the Spanish colonizers, will be reviewed to better understand how the Taino were wiped out almost entirely (or so it is believed). The encounter of the Taino with Spaniards, namely Christopher Columbus and his men, marked the beginning of their demise. Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in
The Taino, meaning “the men of the good,” are the indigenous people who make their home in many parts of the Caribbean islands. The Taino have origins which can be traced back to the Arawak tribe of the Orinoco Delta. It is said that the Taino started to settle in the Caribbean around 400 B.C. They established communities on the island of Hispaniola. Today Hispaniola is known as Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Taino also settled in Jamaica, eastern Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands along
artic regions others Wandered southward through North, Central and South America, Evolving distinct physical and cultural characteristics. Three distinct groups developed societies in parts of the Caribbean and in Central and South Americas. The Tainos were located in Jamaica. Hispaniola, Cuba, Puerto Rico and some parts of the Bahamas and Trinidad. The Kalinagos in Grenada, Tobago, St Vincent, St Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico ,Hispaniola and Trinidad . The Mayans were located in Mexico, Belize,
Technology Taino Taino had very simple life styles but they had some technological advances. Some examples are Hut building, Fishing and Pottery. Hut building – there were larger huts built with a center pole, which gave extra support to the roof. It was considered important for resisting heavy gales. It had no windows and doors. Wooden posts were placed firmly in the ground to form a circle about five paces apart and laced together with springy branches and grass. Transverse beams were tied on
The Taino People The country of Haiti makes up one third of the island of Hispaniola, which is located in the western hemisphere. The first inhabitants of the island of Hispaniola were the Arawarks, or Tainos. They named the island Ayiti, which means mountainous land. The native West Indians were nomadic in nature and settled in Haiti around 250 C.E. Initially described as primitive by early European colonists, the Tainos had well established societies and religious systems. Their patriarchical
Ponce De Leon lived the live any ordinary person dreams of; discover three new lands, sustain a happy marriage, have three kids, accumulate a small fortune, even die a heroic death. Juan Ponce De Leon was born in 1460 in Santervas de Campos, Spain, into a destitute yet noble family. As a minor, he trained as a page in the court of Aragon, where he learned social skills, religion, and military tactics. As an adolescent, he trained as a knight and fought at the Moors in Granada. He was first introduced
was a man that cannot be forgotten. What humans in the 21st century have forgotten is that Columbus was a nasty man. He was very cruel, especially after his arrival at Haiti, on December 5th 1492, with three ships, the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria (“Taino Conquest” Latin American Studies). Of course, Columbus had always thought he had reached the East Indies in Asia, due to his underestimation of the size of the world’s vast seas. What he didn’t know was that there was no way he would reach Asia without
As educators it is important that we analyze the materials that we use in our classrooms to provide our students with anti-bias and anti-stereotype curricula. Analyzing our materials so that they are anti-bias and anti-stereotype provides our students with factual historical accounts and teaches our students to see things from multiple perspectives. As a result of this, our students will view the world in a different way, as well as think critically about things. One historical account that is often
The Stereotyped Portrayal of Columbus in 1492: Conquest of Paradise There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism. Walter Benjamin, "Theses On The Philosophy Of History," 256. [1] Walter Benjamin in Illuminations reminds his readers that each history of civilization is tainted by barbarism since the prevailing civilization's history is dependent upon the suppression and eradication of alternative histories that might challenge the legitimacy
Galibi who resided in the Windward Islands, the Taino who resided in The Bahamas, Leeward Islands and Greater Antilles, the Ciboney who resided in Western Cuba. Trinidad was inhabited by both Carib speaking and Arawak speaking groups, while the Tainos was divided into three (3) different types namely the Classic Tainos who lived in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, the Western Tainos who lived in Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamian archipelago and the Eastern Tainos who lived in the Leeward Islands. All these groups
Ferdinand and Queen Isabela, but Columbus claimed he had seen a light the evening before an... ... middle of paper ... ...uld not celebrate Columbus’s actions, ignoring the death of so many. Columbus is not a hero. Works Cited Barreiro, Jose. “The Taino.” Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years. Ed. Bill Bigelow. Rethinking Schools, 1998. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. Encyclopedia of American Indian History. Ed. Bruce E. Johansen and Barry M. Pritzker. Vol. 2. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2008. p466-468. From
Amerindians Taino The Taino loved dancing and singing and used the same word for both arieto. They danced and sang to the music of drums, reed pipes and wooden gongs at festivities such as the naming of a baby, the wedding of cacique or the inauguration of a new cacique. Another Taino custom is the flattening of foreheads of newborns. The Taino saw it as a sign of beauty. The newborns heads were bound between two boards to flatten the forehead a few days after the child was born. The Taino played a
decimating whole civilizations. A tragic example of this is the extinction of the indigenous Taino people on the island of Hispaniola. Smallpox first broke out among them in 1518, as a result of the Spanish arrival. When Christopher Columbus first arrived there in 1492, the Taino numbered upwards of five to six million people. However, once the Spanish began searching Hispaniola for gold and other such things, the Taino were swept with the arrival of smallpox.
This section will give provide a detailed look into native Taino people and how their culture impacted their spirituality, health, medicine, etc. This section will also go into how European invasion introduced organized religion and medicine to the Taino people. The male chiefs called caciques who got advice from healers/priests called boutiques governed Taino society. The bouquets were usually extolled for the healing powers and ability to speak with then gods
to the west. In 1492 Columbus set out to find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west to get east. In his voyage he came upon the Caribbean Islands, and a Native American tribe called the Taino. When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) the Taino Indians were gentle and peaceful and traded with Columbus. Christopher Columbus took the Native Americans for granted he removed them from their home land and crammed as many of the Indians as
derived from the Taíno people, an Indian tribe who populated Puerto Rico from around 900 B.C. to 1500 AD (Source goes here.). The stories of the Taíno people were originally told orally, and they were not transcribed until the Spanish entered Puerto Rico in the early 1500s. One well known story of the Taíno tribe of Princess Guanina. Legend has it that Guanina, the princess of the Taíno people, fell in love with Don Cristobal de Sotomayor, a conqueror from Spain and an enemy of the Taíno people. On
hemisphere, he landed in the Bahamas where there were many Native American tribes living on different islands in the area. There were the Eastern Taino, the Western Taino, the “classic” Taino’s, and other small Native American peoples. Christopher Columbus happened to land on the island with the Western Taino. The Western Taino were the most peaceful of the three Taino, as well as the most complex Native American group in the area and they heavily relied on agriculture, fishing, and hunting. They welcomed
Although some people may think that the death of the Taino Indians was brought upon themselves, the death of millions of innocent Taino Indians was actually the product of the combined effects of Christopher Columbus’ orders, the brutal actions committed by Columbus’ men, and King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella’s support of Columbus throughout as he carried out his plans. The killing of Taino Indians was a joint effort between many parties, some of whom did not even know that they were partaking in
he was considered a historic hero worthy of having a holiday dedicated to him. Little did he know at the time, however, that he would find a preexisting civilization built by the Taino Native Americans that he would catalyze the fall of – returning their initial friendliness with labor and suffering. The loss of the Taino population was the result of harsh conditions, disease, and exploitation under Spanish colonization. The first voyage to the New World was met with success and the beginnings