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The first indigenous people encountered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 are not always widely recognized. Patricia Chali’naru Dones, a Newton resident, works to preserve the culture of Puerto Rico’s ...

SAN LORENZO, Puerto Rico _ In Puerto Rico's misty, bamboo-studded mountains, elementary school students are studying a nearly extinct language, beating on drums and growing native crops like cassava ...

The goal is show the story of a people whom traditional scholarship once labeled as “extinct.” Now, the Yale Peabody Museum’s newest temporary gallery to run from Dec. 13 through June 21, 2026, will ...

Six months after Puerto Rico was pummeled by Hurricane Maria, the storm has not passed in the eyes of members of Rochester’s Borinquen Dance Theatre. “It’s still chaotic on the island,” said dancer ...

This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, Indian Country Today, and High Country News. In 2017, Hurricane Maria hit the ...

Hundreds of people participated in the 57th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade, paying homage to the first inhabitants of their island: the Taíno. Joya Ellis participates in the 57th annual Puerto Rican ...

To focus on Puerto Rico's indigenous peoples and attractions, the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. unveiled La Ruta Taina (The Taino Route), which runs from Arecibo on the island's north coast to Ponce on the ...

NEW HAVEN -- "A Puerto Rican Expression of Three Cultures" is the theme of the organization FLECHAS, which celebrates the island's Spanish, Taíno and, specifically, its African heritage. FLECHAS is an ...

Part 1. Competing historical narratives regarding Taíno extinction -- The stakes of being Taíno -- Historical discourses and debates about Puerto Rico's indigenous trajectory -- Part 2. The Puerto ...