Connecticut lawmakers want to acknowledge the Indigenous heritage of Caribbean islands like Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica and ...
“We did it without even realizing it. You look at Puerto Rico; many words are Indian names. The words we used mixed in with Spanish perfectly.” Similar to how members of the Mohegan Tribe in ...
As you walk through the mini museum, you will notice the mixed heritage that makes up the Puerto Rican culture. “The Taino ...
The previous year, Juan Ponce de León had split his expedition in late September in order to bring the survivors of a shipwreck back to Puerto Rico ... an allotment of Taino Indian workers ...
That project was initiated by artist and educator Raphael Montañez Ortiz and a coalition of Puerto Rican parents, educators, artists, and activists at the institution’s outset over 50 years ago.