The previous inhabitants, Taino indigenes, were destroyed by diseases, weapons, and enslavement brought by the Spanish. |
Sometimes I wonder if when Columbus came and all the Taino Indians were waiting, which one of those was my ancestor. |
He has been fighting for the rights of Taino people ever since he was a boy of fourteen. |
Often they were named after pre-Hispanic goddesses venerated by indigenous Cuban peoples like the Taino and Ciboney. |
The English word barbecue also comes from the Taino term for the rock slabs on which they baked bread. |
The hammock is also a Taino invention discovered by the Spanish upon their arrival in the New World. |