Taino daca. I exist!! I am not a ghost. I am Taino Boriken. My people never left we were just forgotten. From my island Boriken my words are "Taino's live! "WE ARE NOT GHOSTS"
I can show where the ‘tain’ in Britain is taino (t=crossed) with ‘Bre/I’ which is ‘Breton’ so really it would after the war of the roses that Taino made it to the throne. I am Plantagenet on the side where Amonute Matoaka come from and Taino/Spanish/Macedonian/Egyptian/Roman on the other. Now that’s a lot of words but the deeper I go into the context of genealogy I find that all the “white” history isn’t that. We are all “Indians” at a point, the real divisions are in morals and cultural surrounding such, city dwellers or Spartan forest folk. Period. Holding on too tight to divisions is the very thing that keeps one from understanding the simplicity of the mystery behind our roots. “Indians” rule the world at many levels that one can understand when we remove feathers from the picture in our heads. I believe ritual and heritage must be respected and preserved but not at the cost of moralistic unity of people. Everyone must be prepared to accept the horrors and the heavens we have made on this earth. This is crucial to finding any truth. My kind had owned many slaves and my kind had built many amazing things enslaved to our own lust for creative accomplishment. I loathe the act of cruel slavery today but also admire and respect the beautiful crafts performed by those sometimes horribly put in positions of hell by the purse man of the project. You don’t have to like it to love it… as grandad would say.
@@maria-rosamccabe697 had a funny thought today, my moms family was called “colored” on census paperwork early century etc.. we like Pocahontas babies mixed with scot-Irish Jewish yadayadas if you dig, berbers I think lol But it hit me today that moms red hair and green eyes and olive yellow skin is actually technically “colored” no? More than say a person with brown eyes and brown/black hair and dark skin which would technically be “shades” closer than “colors”.. what if we got it twisted and that’s what “coloreds” were not folks of African descent etc.? Hope that makes sense I’m not too careful with words but I mean them with love. We have so much to learn about us. Love love y’all
The beginning of the video hurt so much because many years I felt non existence but nature kept calling me. I felt so comfortable with it as it is a part of me. Especially the waters. Many years I have reluctant to research the Tainos because of these words " we are extinct" so I felt like someone without a history and culture stripped away from it. I didn't feel comfortable with the ways of this world but nature kept calling me. Thank you for this documentary.
I call us the Lost Ones. I can prove I'm eastern woodlands native American, but while we're pretty sure it's Cherokee, we can't find much of a paper trail. DNA is useful here. But it can only be used as a starting point. Interestingly, it's Mayan dna that proved its specific to eastern woodlands. There was a lot of trade between Mayans and Cherokee and Creek.
@@roycehuepers4325 I just got my ancestry DNA test back at 21 different ancestries of origin. Only my dad side is the Puerto Rican and I am 10% Puerto Rican indigenous That’s not including African, Spaniard, Portugal and the whole island mix up 10% Taíno which seems like a lot for a tribe that was thought to be wiped out Completely in the 1500s. My ancestors must’ve been very good at hiding up in the mountains. It checks out in. In 2020 I spent an entire summer living off of Boulder Creek in a 7person yert/tent. It was pretty awesome. I had an awesome spot until the cops made me move and I went a little bit up stream and away from town where The cops didn’t quite bother me, but there was this bear that would often visit my camp, so that was the year I left Colorado😂. Oh yeah, my point. No doubt about my tribal nature no doubt. 🤓
My friend you are 💯% right...is a lot of ignorant people that are always putting in deny our heritage that is being a Taino... that is one of the most beautiful essential parts of being puertorriqueño or like Americans said Puerto Rican...God bless our heritage and our beautiful island 🏝️ the island of Puerto Rico...La Perla del Caribe mí isla del encanto... Beautiful Puerto Rico 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
He said being black in our eyes is bad ?? That we don't like to inherit our African descent. He has no idea what he is talking about. Alot of my tios are black puerto Ricans and loves the island ! He is totally wrong.
He works for the same church that took us down the college same entity the negro is indigenous not African but the all are tribes of the children of Israel 💯
Why are you trying to disrespect the “Africans”? Taino and Africans are one people. That shade you throw comes from the colonial blood in your veins. My Taino grandma always called herself BLACK. That is what Indio means.
@sojrnrR Im not sure why this sounds disrespectful to you nothing is being sed about Africa dissent I highly doubt it unless I'm missing something that got deleted or something 🤔 not sure but if your black and proud say screem weeepaaa! We all Puerto Ricens no matter what the color of the sking is that the beautyof being Puerto Rican, but what I am sure is that the topics is on our Taino not exciting in or out of the island for political native American reasons as natives on the island
@@sojrnrr8368"indio" is a eurooean word. Why do you have a problem with people trying to bring light to their native roots? We are TAINO, and we are still here.
I say let people identify and embrace with who they feel that they truly are and who they want to. I don’t police what other peoples identity any more than I like others trying to tell me who I am. People also like to tell us Black Americans that we should forsake our African ancestors and just be Americans since they were torn away from our home and enslaved hundreds of years ago. As a Black man I proudly claim both my Fulani and Yoruba ancestral heritage from Nigeria since I found those specific through DNA. I am a much more balanced person as there is no longer any doubt as to what my true lineage is. Slavery and colonization cant erase the building blocks of your being. That is bestowed on upon all of us by the Creator/ The Most High. Being an American by nationality doesn’t contradict my African Fulani/Yoruba identity and vice versa.
@@MA1Z3MF Certainly. Haitians are originally Arawaks but Taino was never far as many used their various means to travel by water solo or in groups..The islanders traded goods even then..
This was so beautiful & powerful. I’m African American/Native & studied under Boricua spiritual advisors & historians, who taught me Taino culture & folklore. It was such a moving experience…seeing more information available now is touching. Thank you for sharing.
@@JOSECARABALLO-e1nwhat’s the definition of “native”? Native does not mean Indian, native mean being origin of a place, I could be a native of Africa, or America, Stop being stupid and following the colonial systems that keep denying black people their righteousness of being original of different land.
Taino Forever It's part of our Soul it's in our Blood Taino Boriken Boriqua Puerto Rican Peace Love and Blessings to ALL Puerto Ricans around the world Wepa
This is not accurate information. White people white wash everything even Jesus Christ of Nazareth… we all know he was a colored man... White People are the most insecure race in history. They are the only people in the world who rewrite history to fit their identity.. it’s really weird 😅😅
The benefit of identifying as Taino is not only cultural from an ancestoral position but also a spiritual one. Our ancestors voices call to us. Their blood cries to ourselves of the injustice of the betrayal and savagery that was put on us and pride that they exist in perpitude despite our adversaries trying to annihilate our race. We are a peaceful people. We, unlike the Europeans who raped, stole, and killed all in the name of Christianity, are not here to financially profit. Life to us is much more vibrant and real than that.
I grew up in such a whitewashed home that I didn’t even know I was Puerto Rican until I was 12. I never learned to speak spanish, i never learned about my culture. I felt disconnected from my heritage. When I found out I was Taíno, I wanted to reconnect with that part of me. So I’ve been doing research like crazy. When my grandfather passed away and we flew to PR to be with the family, I was so awestruck by the island. They live in the countryside and I felt so connected to the nature surrounding my grandparent’s home. I fell in love with my island and I felt even more connected to my heritage and my culture. Every day I strive to learn more 🇵🇷❤️
I just found out i have Taino DNA, one of my ancestors was alive when Columbus came and I'm sure it was horrific. Apparently my ancestors are speaking loudly within me to not forget them because I have always fought for indigenous rights before I knew anything about myself. The man speaking obviously does not feel in his heart what being indigenous means. You are doing the right thing.....for Mother Earth needs us.
@@LivePurposefully2022 CRI genetics.....on genome link, I got plains Indians and Artic islands and Peru. I give up on knowing exactly but I do know that an Indigenous perspective is the sustainable way.
Being puertorriqueño and have Taino ancestry and DNA is part of us...the Spaniards were here to do nothing but atrocities thru out all the Caribbean and beyond... it's sad that even to this day is so much people in denial and ignorance in this world 🌎 today...Taino, been a Puerto Rican is being a Taino because it is a crucial part of our heritage and ancestry... it's in our self and in our DNA 🧬... People like it or not... Boriken ( Puerto Rico ) mí isla 🏝️ del encanto...La Perla del Caribe 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
@@mikkiminach9539 I am aware but I have also met person in Barbados and Jamaica with Taino DNA . I am not going to make it seem like only Latinos have Taino DNA . When we say mostly we have to look into the historical racism and colonial colourism that affects the Caribbean . So discounting populations that do have valid Taino historical sites and heritage is not fair . They may not have access to testing sites like other countries do . I have met Jamaicans who tested higher for native blood the people from PR . Certain cultural groups were able to isolate better . Maroons and Natives In Jamaica’s mountains had a harmonious relation. I honestly think Latino islands are just more active and vocal about there heritage . I grew up native and I am a proud Lokono and Ciboney woman . But I also know people in my clan have afropan or Afro jam history too.
@@mikkiminach9539 thats quantity but if you want to trace it back it goes as far as the Amazon and Mayan so its not about specific country, but instead the life that existed and still exists. The moment you represent only a country is when you begin to isolate and set back the work thats being done.
Fun fact: the Arawak nation went from the Bahamas all the way to the North of Venezuela and into the Amazon rain forest. They were considered one of the biggest nations in pre-columbian history and though they weren't the most technologically advanced they held the largest area of land of any New World nation. The tribes of the Arawakan people were split into two groups - Taino and Carib. Though they had small distinctions they were all Arawakan. On the islands the people were massacred, but still live on thru their maternal bloodlines. The mainland Arawak actually live on and practice their religion and culture almost untouched by European influence throughout South America and are concentrated in Venezuela. So if you ever wanted to hear someone speak Arawakan you'd go there and they look a lot like people on the islands and they're 90%+ Indigenous. While on the islands DNA ancestry can range from 60-20% or less of Taino/Carib Arawakan. The Boricua of Puerto Rico/ Boriken are an example of descendants of the Taino, same with Jamaica, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Santo Domingo, Cuba etc.
I only know of a single Puerto Rican, one and only one that barely tested over 50%. The guy was supposed to do a Ted talk but never went through with it. So no, it's very low in Puerto Ricans if only 1 ever tested over 50% out of the whole population.
Opposite Arawak South America is like huge umbrella... they scattered some tribe/clan went North onto Caribbean then onto Florida Tekesta with 5 nations Timucua ais jeaga and calusa, and other went to Georgia they spoken Taino/muscogean called themselves Toasi or Toa (do not confuse with Tao or ngati Toa).
You are Taino, as long as Taino blood run thru your veins. Know who you are, honor your ancestors. Learn as much as you can. Ask your elders as many questions as possible. And you will find a world so amazing! That you will scream to the world!! Taino Daka, " I AM TAINO!"
Idk if anyone else understands this issue. The new culture is all about the idea out of sight out of mind. I was trying to show someone that I am Taino and the issue kept coming up “why does that even matter? What do you want special treatment. Shits in the past... get over it.” Really? 500 years we couldn’t talk about it because we didn’t know but now we shouldn’t talk about it?? Let’s just leave our culture in the dust and move on I guess..... people can be so ignorant and cruel. Genocide is fine I guess. Cultural freedom means nothing.... Daka Taino!! It’s in my blood and I won’t let this culture go quite into the night, fuck that
My father died without knowing he had a Taino ancestor-but he repeatedly dreamed about an elderly native man---I’ve since discovered that our Ancestor lived 300 years ago from dna and connecting with family who know the history. The eerie thing is the night my father passed he chanted some native song during a thunderstorm as if he knew exactly what to do...who knows....
Incredibly thought provoking, what a powerful message! The fact that we have representation on a global scale is truly humbling. I'm incredibly proud of my Taino heritage, as well as my African heritage. Incredibly proud to be Boricua. ✊🏽
How could someone celebrate a monster who committed mass genocide? I've always hated Columbus Day and now that it's indigenous peoples day, we finally take back.
my great great grandmother told me stories about growing up in puerto rico she was taino ,she always told me keep pure to your heritage of native taino, my genetic test says I am 33% indian I married a man with taino roots I stand proud to be taino be proud of who you are ,
Wow this was beautiful and my Taino indian brothers and sisters are so beautiful i hope all tribes of the indigenous americas come together for the sake of humanity and mother earth!!! May the great spirit bless you all!!!
I don’t agree at all with that man, at 5:23, who says our people just want to be able discard the African and/or European ancestry...no! We just wanna know and have the RIGHT to know exactly who we are, and to reconnect with our ORIGINAL people, who were indeed the Native Tainos.
Thank you my brothers and sisters for representing. I learned a little bit about this when I was little. The family never talked about a follow up with it. Because life of his changes. But it is in our bloodline. I wish I would have learned of my grandma cuz she know a lot. And also my grandpa. . But they kept it on the hush hush. They passed away when I was five years old. But they used to speak kind of strange. I'll sing a song. Which I never understood it. But at least it's in my bloodline. Just like many others. Maybe it'll be reveal to me in a dream. Oh I find out when it's time to go to God. But no matter what. We were all created in God's image. So we have every color and every nationality. In our bloodline. Because we were created from God's image. God bless you my sisters and brothers. And With much love❤️. Because we are all special and God's eyes. So keep on representing my brothers and sisters. And with much love ❤️. One love and God bless. To the whole world. And to our universe. Our creator God. ❤️🙏👼🦾🏆💪🤼⚖️🧘✌️🌎🇵🇷🇺🇸😇❤️
Mexican's Also have native features. There are many tribes here's a few. Aztec, apaches, many different Pueblo tribes, Comanche, Hupa, Pomo etc I could go on. Learn your native culture.
Thanks my brother and yes you are 💯% right...The Tainos still live thru this day and it is thru us...the descendants of that beautiful human beings that were the Tainos, it's in our DNA our heritage... People like it or not We are 💯% still here... and May God bless you always brother...
Gabriel Haslip-Viera offers an extremely powerful case of why it’s so important for native peoples to be empowered, because it’s clear that he would rather see their cultural identities wiped from human memory.
I appreciate you because you managed to carry on inspite of your slavery, genocide, removal of language, culture, rituals, religion, joy, peace, harmony with others indigenous people.
Great documentary. I've been curious about my roots lately. Trying to find myself I guess. I've cut off communication with my mother, she's very toxic & we never had much in common. I am Puerto Rican on my father's side but I didn't grow up around that side of the family. I actually just ordered a DNA test, I'm really curious to see how much Taino show up. But I already know it's there I can feel it, like my blood wants me to learn more & embrace that part of my of my identity. I'm going to film doing the DNA test and then researching the results for my UA-cam channel. I think it's interesting, and there is very little representation in the Taino community. I didn't even know about them until I was in my 20's🤯
The only reason why this guy is saying that there is no gain in wanting to reconnect with our roots, is because that implicates that our land was taken from us and so was our identity. It's obvious that he's comfortable with being something he's not. I Love my Taino people, my dad is a Taino and it's evident in his skin, hair and features. His hands touch the skin of a Congo and hos blood line shows up. I'm proud to know that I have Taino DNA in me. 🧡
Because the colonizers believe we wanna be Taino because we don’t wanna be black? Or we don’t like black people??? Maybe we just want our identities back..... everyone can divide themselves by culture but when Taino do it it’s wrong somehow... u can’t be Taino and be productive I guess... shits crazy af. It’s our culture and we don’t even have the “right” to practice our culture.
What do you mean don’t want to be black ? You can be Afro-Taino ? Many have some for of Afro blood because of the slave trade on every island in the Caribbean
Go to the campos in the mountains of PR and DR and you will see people that are clearly indigenous. We might be mostly mixed thats true but we have to be allowed to accept all our ancestors and that includes Taino. I used to think it was dead, clearly its not.
So dude thinks you can only do one thing at a time? We can't connect to our ancestors, our roots, and focus on politics? I would venture to say that is the initial step to finding our power to fight for all the other stuff we should be entitled to. 🇵🇷✊🏾💖 Daka Taino!
I AM T A ORIGINAL TAINO INDIAN FROM THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA (HAITI) MY FAMILY STILL LIVE IN TAINO HOMES TODAY! WHEN I TELL THEM WHO WE REALLY ARE THEY THINK IM CRAZY! AND THE GOVERNMENT OVER THERE IS GOING TO TEAR DOWN ONE OF PROBABLY THE LAST REAL ORIGINAL TIANO VILLAGE TO BIULD A STUPID AIR PORT! I STRONGLY DISAGREE!
@@JOSECARABALLO-e1nyou are acting like the colonial system, if he was white you would embrace what he said, remember the tainos were in Haiti, is it so hard for to accept that some Tainos stayed in the island and mix with some of the Africans.
This is a beautiful film all the way through! Pride in your culture and recognition of your historical background which has been attempted to be erased is important to carry on your traditions and to pass on to the next generations. Although the indigenous peoples of the “Americas” were subjected to all forms of genocides, enslavements and humiliations since the explorers and colonizers ravaged the lands your peoples still are here. The Taino/Boricua have been told that they were erased but as was said 10-20% survived so you continue on notwithstanding the mixture of the races (although there is only one race...the human race). Kudos to Alex Zacarias and Roberto Borrero for your scholarship which seems to go way above the sociologist who favors the Spanish heritage and disregards Columbus and his henchmen’s’ pillaging of a culture to dominate the lands that they “discovered”. Quite barbaric!!! The poem/rap done by Intikana, Native Eyes, during the credits was so right on.
Loved your informative video on Taino . My mother's father was taino and no one talked about it much. As for me here in New Jersey and in Puerto Rico I say " TAINO DAKA".
On one side I have Tiano on my Puerto Rican side but my Grandmother named Chachita was Tino from Venezuela her Mother was 100 percent Tino. My Grandmother didn't even want to speak the Spanish language or teach it to us after coming to US. Her story is unfortunate and separated us from all family in Venezuela. The energy is fierce and sad when I think about these things. Families lost forever. History that they still want to hide.
Our people originally came from Venezuela. Due to the fact there were wars and was forced to move out. Thats great you got to meet them i wish i could have.
What an amazing film about my Taino people and our history! I love it so much. This is how others are kept down by force, greed, and power of man! @Gabriel Haslip-Viera (Mr. Sell Out) Time Stamp: 4:43 "So pure blooded TaÍnos no such thing, they're extinct!" 46:39 "Umm, extinction of indigenous peoples perhaps that's too strong a word umm, um because um there was survival, there was some survival, umm mostly mixture ok, that's how indigenous populations eh survived eh to some degree by mixing in with other populations, and it begins in the sixteenth century with the European expansion. "So pure-blooded history teachers are also extinct as long as it's only the U.S.' version of everyone else's history!" Sell-outs never cease in P.R.' and the rest of U.S.' version of OUR history. History FACTS all day, every day!! Me: 18% Taino DNA Baby, FACTS!! Pedro Albizu Campos El Maestro y voz del pueblo Taino y Boriken! QEPD querido, amado, ejemplo humilde y regâlo a el pueblo Puertórriqueño! Me imaginaria que era Taino tambien.
I was born in 74, and I remember as a child watching the old black/white cowboy and Indian movies in my small 4 bedroom apartment in the Bronx. I would always side with the Indians even when I knew they were going to be decimated by the cowboys. I always felt a connection, a deep respect and a love for their way of life and unsurpassed valor and bravery in the face of adversity. I also remember being in elementary school and being chosen to play a native american chief for a thanksgiving play. I was so proud because the teacher said I had the right skin color and facial features. I am a Bronx born son of two Puerto Rican parents, my dad is from Guayama and my moms side from ponce, but I claim Taino! Not New yorican, not Puerto Rican, Taino Daka!
He didn’t get lost that’s a lie he came here to this America land because he knew the lost tribes of Israel were here which is why he brought with him hebrew interpreters!
@@Mayoyaquiwarrior actually, your sources for information are found lacking... based on your statement, you wouldnt know the truth if it came as a boat and ran into you.
I believe that he is not referencing Christo Columbus as a Black man. Symbolism And Meaning Of Black... • "Black represents evil, darkness, night, and despair. It's the color used to convey certainty and authority, and when used in opposition with white, it's a symbol of the eternal struggle between day and night, good and evil, and right and wrong." Unfortunately the White Europeans uses color to make them to be a pure form of good and Dark skin people to be unpure but we all know it is the opposite, Spiritually. We also know we all are not a box of Crayola but of a Nationality with Culture not of Color and White Europeans divided us by color so we can fight among ourselves rather them fighting us as a whole.
Taino Power !!! From Quisqueya ....my Boricua Brothers we must stay close together cause this time we gonna be up front and direct to anyone who Considers us dead! We Taino have never died we been here!! Just like the Aztecas live as well as the Mayans!! We Tainos!!! ...We Tainos! Quisqueyanos & Boringuenos!
The U.S.A. And around the World will Always Say The TAINOS are Extinct To Benefit There Colonization Western Government and it Really Sucks! But the True Is We Still Here and I am One Of Many Tainos and My Grandchildren Know About there Roots,Ancestry and is in there Blood Which They Will Past It Down Through Their Children & So Fourth On and On. UNSTOPPABLE ✊🏻🇵🇷😉 42:08
I am glad the Taínos are still with us and I celebrate that. I am also glad and celebrate my Spaniard and African roots. I am here because of the Taínos, Spaniards and Africans. The three together are my heritage. Soy Boricua.
This guy in the glasses has absolutely no clue. He is an embarrassment, I have paperwork from my grandfather of the original DNA study in the early 1900's.
I’m proud to say, Taino Daka. Growing up we were told that my great grandfather’s sister was a Taino Princess. My cousin actually found a picture of her at the school library. I’m very proud of my heritage and their music lives in my soul. Puerto Rican from Hawaii 🤙🏽
I've deleted my comment which previously occupied this space because I learned that I was wrong about the character & actions of Christopher Columbus - who I had previously been defending, but now realize that I was wrong to do so. I mistakenly thought that he hadn't returned after that 1st contact - but he returned multiple times. He was indeed brave & adventurous, but apparently he was also so cruel that even the Spanish gov't had him arrested.
Yes I have tried to reach out to different organization all I keep hearing is we no longer exist so I ask myself what the heck am I chop liver I had my son do ancestry cause was so frustrated and guess what WE TAINOS DO EXIST CAUSE I EXIST IM VERY PROUD OF BEING FROM BORINKEN AND BEING TAINO AND THATS WHAT I TEACH MY BOYS AND WHAT I WILL TEACH MY GRANDCHILDREN
How frustrating for you all!!!!!!Power to you NOW!! I AM A SECOND GENERATION Holocaust survivor of the Jews. Yes we ALL EXIST IN THE NOW!!! Tradition is what binds us. Love to each and every Taino on this planet today..may your lights shine bright...❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Columbus didn't discover Borinque because you discover what's never been found and if there were Tainos living on the Island then there was a finding not a discovery. 🇵🇷❤
In my most humble opinion the word (indian) was a mistake made by the conqueror. Another step going forward with claiming identity is fazing out the word ( indian). The tribes of the Western world can claim their own tribes. Tainos stay humble, good hearted, and, may the spirit of our ancestors smile in heaven!! Ay bendito!
In your land ...wow they are on their own land lady ... for thousands if not millions of years... They are on our national emblem so we will never forget them in Jamaica..... this is what hate looks like.
From Arawaks of Guyana, South America to Puerto Rico. It’s all love #IndigenousProud
All Love Brother.
Jajoʻm, brother! Taino ti
Taino daca. I exist!! I am not a ghost. I am Taino Boriken. My people never left we were just forgotten. From my island Boriken my words are "Taino's live! "WE ARE NOT GHOSTS"
Ramón, I am proud to have Taino heritage.!!!when it comes to blood, we all have red blood!!!! MR
Well said brother
I can show where the ‘tain’ in Britain is taino (t=crossed) with ‘Bre/I’ which is ‘Breton’ so really it would after the war of the roses that Taino made it to the throne. I am Plantagenet on the side where Amonute Matoaka come from and Taino/Spanish/Macedonian/Egyptian/Roman on the other.
Now that’s a lot of words but the deeper I go into the context of genealogy I find that all the “white” history isn’t that. We are all “Indians” at a point, the real divisions are in morals and cultural surrounding such, city dwellers or Spartan forest folk. Period. Holding on too tight to divisions is the very thing that keeps one from understanding the simplicity of the mystery behind our roots.
“Indians” rule the world at many levels that one can understand when we remove feathers from the picture in our heads.
I believe ritual and heritage must be respected and preserved but not at the cost of moralistic unity of people. Everyone must be prepared to accept the horrors and the heavens we have made on this earth. This is crucial to finding any truth.
My kind had owned many slaves and my kind had built many amazing things enslaved to our own lust for creative accomplishment.
I loathe the act of cruel slavery today but also admire and respect the beautiful crafts performed by those sometimes horribly put in positions of hell by the purse man of the project.
You don’t have to like it to love it… as grandad would say.
@@maria-rosamccabe697 had a funny thought today, my moms family was called “colored” on census paperwork early century etc.. we like Pocahontas babies mixed with scot-Irish Jewish yadayadas if you dig, berbers I think lol
But it hit me today that moms red hair and green eyes and olive yellow skin is actually technically “colored” no? More than say a person with brown eyes and brown/black hair and dark skin which would technically be “shades” closer than “colors”..
what if we got it twisted and that’s what “coloreds” were not folks of African descent etc.?
Hope that makes sense I’m not too careful with words but I mean them with love.
We have so much to learn about us. Love love y’all
The beginning of the video hurt so much because many years I felt non existence but nature kept calling me. I felt so comfortable with it as it is a part of me. Especially the waters. Many years I have reluctant to research the Tainos because of these words " we are extinct" so I felt like someone without a history and culture stripped away from it. I didn't feel comfortable with the ways of this world but nature kept calling me.
Thank you for this documentary.
I am the same...my parents met in Sequoia National park and being around those giant ancient trees is who I am
i have been feeling exactly the same wasy... i am so glad to be looking more into this. so many things have become clear. taino blood is strong!!
Wow thank you for posting this. My blood is also calling me to learn more to do more. Posts like this make me feel a little less crazy.
I call us the Lost Ones. I can prove I'm eastern woodlands native American, but while we're pretty sure it's Cherokee, we can't find much of a paper trail. DNA is useful here. But it can only be used as a starting point. Interestingly, it's Mayan dna that proved its specific to eastern woodlands. There was a lot of trade between Mayans and Cherokee and Creek.
@@roycehuepers4325 I just got my ancestry DNA test back at 21 different ancestries of origin. Only my dad side is the Puerto Rican and I am 10% Puerto Rican indigenous That’s not including African, Spaniard, Portugal and the whole island mix up 10% Taíno which seems like a lot for a tribe that was thought to be wiped out Completely in the 1500s. My ancestors must’ve been very good at hiding up in the mountains. It checks out in. In 2020 I spent an entire summer living off of Boulder Creek in a 7person yert/tent. It was pretty awesome. I had an awesome spot until the cops made me move and I went a little bit up stream and away from town where The cops didn’t quite bother me, but there was this bear that would often visit my camp, so that was the year I left Colorado😂. Oh yeah, my point. No doubt about my tribal nature no doubt. 🤓
That dude denying Tainos their identity is a colonizer minded liar.
Yes he sure is !!! He’s got to keep that paper genocide going
He sounds like a sellout. Can’t stand his ignorance.
My friend you are 💯% right...is a lot of ignorant people that are always putting in deny our heritage that is being a Taino... that is one of the most beautiful essential parts of being puertorriqueño or like Americans said Puerto Rican...God bless our heritage and our beautiful island 🏝️ the island of Puerto Rico...La Perla del Caribe mí isla del encanto... Beautiful Puerto Rico 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
He said being black in our eyes is bad ?? That we don't like to inherit our African descent. He has no idea what he is talking about. Alot of my tios are black puerto Ricans and loves the island ! He is totally wrong.
He works for the same church that took us down the college same entity the negro is indigenous not African but the all are tribes of the children of Israel 💯
Tainos are still here 🧬they forced mixed our blood and we still remain Tainos
Believe it or not some Puerto Ricans have nearly 80% Taino DNA 🧬. Not all of them mixed with Europeans and Africans
Why are you trying to disrespect the “Africans”? Taino and Africans are one people. That shade you throw comes from the colonial blood in your veins. My Taino grandma always called herself BLACK. That is what Indio means.
@sojrnrR Im not sure why this sounds disrespectful to you nothing is being sed about Africa dissent I highly doubt it unless I'm missing something that got deleted or something 🤔 not sure but if your black and proud say screem weeepaaa! We all Puerto Ricens no matter what the color of the sking is that the beautyof being Puerto Rican, but what I am sure is that the topics is on our Taino not exciting in or out of the island for political native American reasons as natives on the island
@@sojrnrr8368"indio" is a eurooean word. Why do you have a problem with people trying to bring light to their native roots?
We are TAINO, and we are still here.
I say let people identify and embrace with who they feel that they truly are and who they want to. I don’t police what other peoples identity any more than I like others trying to tell me who I am. People also like to tell us Black Americans that we should forsake our African ancestors and just be Americans since they were torn away from our home and enslaved hundreds of years ago. As a Black man I proudly claim both my Fulani and Yoruba ancestral heritage from Nigeria since I found those specific through DNA. I am a much more balanced person as there is no longer any doubt as to what my true lineage is. Slavery and colonization cant erase the building blocks of your being. That is bestowed on upon all of us by the Creator/ The Most High. Being an American by nationality doesn’t contradict my African Fulani/Yoruba identity and vice versa.
Thank you for speaking up. I am Haitian Taino Arawakan descent. Blessings to all of you. 🎉🎉🎉
Welcome ❤️🇭🇹
Taino ti, Blessings to you friend 🙏🏽 🦜🐚
Do you think that there any any Taino influences in Haitian culture? I have always been curious
@@MA1Z3MF Certainly. Haitians are originally Arawaks but Taino was never far as many used their various means to travel by water solo or in groups..The islanders traded goods even then..
This was so beautiful & powerful.
I’m African American/Native & studied under Boricua spiritual advisors & historians, who taught me Taino culture & folklore. It was such a moving experience…seeing more information available now is touching.
Thank you for sharing.
Are you Taino?
@@tswindell9496He said he was an African American, I was gonna asked him the same question
How are you native, if you are african american?
@@JOSECARABALLO-e1nwhat’s the definition of “native”? Native does not mean Indian, native mean being origin of a place, I could be a native of Africa, or America, Stop being stupid and following the colonial systems that keep denying black people their righteousness of being original of different land.
@@JOSECARABALLO-e1nI think they're mixed
Taino Forever
It's part of our Soul
it's in our Blood
Taino Boriken
Boriqua
Puerto Rican
Peace Love and Blessings to ALL
Puerto Ricans around the world Wepa
I always tell people it's not the country you are from but the Tribe you are from,Bless all Taino's
Well, all human kind comes from different tribes and only one at the end.
❤️
THIS WAS AMAZING!! Thank you for sharing our heritage! I give thanks to our Taino Ancestors. Proud mixed Taina woman, here. WE EXIST!
This is not accurate information. White people white wash everything even Jesus Christ of Nazareth… we all know he was a colored man... White People are the most insecure race in history. They are the only people in the world who rewrite history to fit their identity.. it’s really weird 😅😅
we will not forget the Taino, not ever
warriors represent
Im Taino. We are still here 🪶🪶
The benefit of identifying as Taino is not only cultural from an ancestoral position but also a spiritual one. Our ancestors voices call to us. Their blood cries to ourselves of the injustice of the betrayal and savagery that was put on us and pride that they exist in perpitude despite our adversaries trying to annihilate our race. We are a peaceful people. We, unlike the Europeans who raped, stole, and killed all in the name of Christianity, are not here to financially profit. Life to us is much more vibrant and real than that.
Use DNA; reclaim land gifted away by Spaniards.
I grew up in such a whitewashed home that I didn’t even know I was Puerto Rican until I was 12. I never learned to speak spanish, i never learned about my culture. I felt disconnected from my heritage. When I found out I was Taíno, I wanted to reconnect with that part of me. So I’ve been doing research like crazy. When my grandfather passed away and we flew to PR to be with the family, I was so awestruck by the island. They live in the countryside and I felt so connected to the nature surrounding my grandparent’s home. I fell in love with my island and I felt even more connected to my heritage and my culture. Every day I strive to learn more 🇵🇷❤️
I remember as a teenager going to the Taino ceremonial parks Puerto Rico, you definitely feel a presence.
I just found out i have Taino DNA, one of my ancestors was alive when Columbus came and I'm sure it was horrific. Apparently my ancestors are speaking loudly within me to not forget them because I have always fought for indigenous rights before I knew anything about myself. The man speaking obviously does not feel in his heart what being indigenous means. You are doing the right thing.....for Mother Earth needs us.
Which DNA test did you do?
@@LivePurposefully2022 CRI genetics.....on genome link, I got plains Indians and Artic islands and Peru. I give up on knowing exactly but I do know that an Indigenous perspective is the sustainable way.
Being puertorriqueño and have Taino ancestry and DNA is part of us...the Spaniards were here to do nothing but atrocities thru out all the Caribbean and beyond... it's sad that even to this day is so much people in denial and ignorance in this world 🌎 today...Taino, been a Puerto Rican is being a Taino because it is a crucial part of our heritage and ancestry... it's in our self and in our DNA 🧬... People like it or not... Boriken ( Puerto Rico ) mí isla 🏝️ del encanto...La Perla del Caribe 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
I just ordered a DNA test. I'm excited.
@@LivePurposefully2022 CRI genetics. genomelink gave me a slightly different picture of my Native ancestry
Puertoricans offer peace to this day non stop. Especially those from el campo...
Hola!!! My great grandmother was Taino and so was her husband. I am proud of my heritage!!!!
And so are you
Are they part Spanish mixed? Or pure tainos?
We need to tell our own stories& put back the pieces of the truth.
Hi my great grandma was full blown Taino too. I’m proud to have Taino blood
Yell it out loud, Puerto Rican and Proud!🇵🇷
Tainos are all over the Caribbean
@@Cantonesecubanalee Taino dna is mostly found in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba
@@mikkiminach9539 I am aware but I have also met person in Barbados and Jamaica with Taino DNA . I am not going to make it seem like only Latinos have Taino DNA . When we say mostly we have to look into the historical racism and colonial colourism that affects the Caribbean . So discounting populations that do have valid Taino historical sites and heritage is not fair . They may not have access to testing sites like other countries do . I have met Jamaicans who tested higher for native blood the people from PR . Certain cultural groups were able to isolate better . Maroons and Natives In Jamaica’s mountains had a harmonious relation. I honestly think Latino islands are just more active and vocal about there heritage . I grew up native and I am a proud Lokono and Ciboney woman . But I also know people in my clan have afropan or Afro jam history too.
@@mikkiminach9539 thats quantity but if you want to trace it back it goes as far as the Amazon and Mayan so its not about specific country, but instead the life that existed and still exists. The moment you represent only a country is when you begin to isolate and set back the work thats being done.
@@CantonesecubanaleeYou can have your afrojam history, but you can not be a taino with 95% or more west african dna, you would be an africa person
Fun fact: the Arawak nation went from the Bahamas all the way to the North of Venezuela and into the Amazon rain forest. They were considered one of the biggest nations in pre-columbian history and though they weren't the most technologically advanced they held the largest area of land of any New World nation. The tribes of the Arawakan people were split into two groups - Taino and Carib. Though they had small distinctions they were all Arawakan. On the islands the people were massacred, but still live on thru their maternal bloodlines. The mainland Arawak actually live on and practice their religion and culture almost untouched by European influence throughout South America and are concentrated in Venezuela. So if you ever wanted to hear someone speak Arawakan you'd go there and they look a lot like people on the islands and they're 90%+ Indigenous. While on the islands DNA ancestry can range from 60-20% or less of Taino/Carib Arawakan. The Boricua of Puerto Rico/ Boriken are an example of descendants of the Taino, same with Jamaica, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Santo Domingo, Cuba etc.
We have to keep telling our own stories,thank you so much
I only know of a single Puerto Rican, one and only one that barely tested over 50%. The guy was supposed to do a Ted talk but never went through with it. So no, it's very low in Puerto Ricans if only 1 ever tested over 50% out of the whole population.
We in Guyana and surinam too
Opposite Arawak South America is like huge umbrella... they scattered some tribe/clan went North onto Caribbean then onto Florida Tekesta with 5 nations Timucua ais jeaga and calusa, and other went to Georgia they spoken Taino/muscogean called themselves Toasi or Toa (do not confuse with Tao or ngati Toa).
Taínos from the Bahamas were removed and relocated to the Dominican Republic.
Proud of my Taino and African roots!
I wish more were proud of their African roots too
I’m so glad to have met/spoke to this man (if I’m not mistaken !) in ipadnyc’s powwow in Randall’s island as a young fellow Taino! Taino DAKA! 💙💙❤️
Im part taino just start looking up my ancestry learning new things i didn't even know
You are Taino, as long as Taino blood run thru your veins. Know who you are, honor your ancestors. Learn as much as you can. Ask your elders as many questions as possible. And you will find a world so amazing! That you will scream to the world!! Taino Daka, " I AM TAINO!"
same
Idk if anyone else understands this issue. The new culture is all about the idea out of sight out of mind. I was trying to show someone that I am Taino and the issue kept coming up “why does that even matter? What do you want special treatment. Shits in the past... get over it.” Really? 500 years we couldn’t talk about it because we didn’t know but now we shouldn’t talk about it?? Let’s just leave our culture in the dust and move on I guess..... people can be so ignorant and cruel. Genocide is fine I guess. Cultural freedom means nothing.... Daka Taino!! It’s in my blood and I won’t let this culture go quite into the night, fuck that
My father died without knowing he had a Taino ancestor-but he repeatedly dreamed about an elderly native man---I’ve since discovered that our Ancestor lived 300 years ago from dna and connecting with family who know the history. The eerie thing is the night my father passed he chanted some native song during a thunderstorm as if he knew exactly what to do...who knows....
@@ramonchinea4349 awesome man
JAMAICANS have the TAINOS as our COAT OF ARMS!. we are the the ONLY CARRIBEAN COUNTRY that REPRESENTS TAHINO ...WE KNOW WE ARE STILL HERE💯💯💯💯
Incredibly thought provoking, what a powerful message! The fact that we have representation on a global scale is truly humbling. I'm incredibly proud of my Taino heritage, as well as my African heritage. Incredibly proud to be Boricua. ✊🏽
How could someone celebrate a monster who committed mass genocide? I've always hated Columbus Day and now that it's indigenous peoples day, we finally take back.
my great great grandmother told me stories about growing up in puerto rico she was taino ,she always told me keep pure to your heritage of native taino, my genetic test says I am 33% indian I married a man with taino roots I stand proud to be taino be proud of who you are ,
Thank you. Keep bringing the truth, our people need to know how special we are as a whole. Taina forever
Wow this was beautiful and my Taino indian brothers and sisters are so beautiful i hope all tribes of the indigenous americas come together for the sake of humanity and mother earth!!! May the great spirit bless you all!!!
And fight when necessary... yet offer Taino Love...always!
I don’t agree at all with that man, at 5:23, who says our people just want to be able discard the African and/or European ancestry...no! We just wanna know and have the RIGHT to know exactly who we are, and to reconnect with our ORIGINAL people, who were indeed the Native Tainos.
I agree people should know all there ancestry the African the native the Spaniard . History makes a person
Don’t worry. He is a sell out who is being paid to sell a narrative.
He's an AGENT!
Colombo didn't discover us! we was already here!!! Taino DAKA!!
@ 31:10 I heard my grandma and mom sing songs like this when I was small tf
Thank you my brothers and sisters for representing. I learned a little bit about this when I was little. The family never talked about a follow up with it. Because life of his changes. But it is in our bloodline. I wish I would have learned of my grandma cuz she know a lot. And also my grandpa. . But they kept it on the hush hush. They passed away when I was five years old. But they used to speak kind of strange. I'll sing a song. Which I never understood it. But at least it's in my bloodline. Just like many others. Maybe it'll be reveal to me in a dream. Oh I find out when it's time to go to God. But no matter what. We were all created in God's image. So we have every color and every nationality. In our bloodline. Because we were created from God's image. God bless you my sisters and brothers. And With much love❤️. Because we are all special and God's eyes. So keep on representing my brothers and sisters. And with much love ❤️. One love and God bless. To the whole world. And to our universe. Our creator God. ❤️🙏👼🦾🏆💪🤼⚖️🧘✌️🌎🇵🇷🇺🇸😇❤️
15:37 quisqueya was the 1st people that man encountered.
I’m Mexican, but I’ve seen a lot of Puerto Ricans who have strong Native features, ik that that Taino blood is still running through their veins.
Mexican's Also have native features. There are many tribes here's a few. Aztec, apaches, many different Pueblo tribes, Comanche, Hupa, Pomo etc I could go on. Learn your native culture.
Thanks my brother and yes you are 💯% right...The Tainos still live thru this day and it is thru us...the descendants of that beautiful human beings that were the Tainos, it's in our DNA our heritage... People like it or not We are 💯% still here... and May God bless you always brother...
You're Azteca
@@tswindell9496Not everyone is a damn Aztec 😅 that's a gringo meme
It's their African roots
Make sure the Goodness of your heart never dies!!!
My DNA speaks Taino Daka. I am glad to see faces & bodies that look familiar.
Gabriel Haslip-Viera offers an extremely powerful case of why it’s so important for native peoples to be empowered, because it’s clear that he would rather see their cultural identities wiped from human memory.
I appreciate you because you managed to carry on inspite of your slavery, genocide, removal of language, culture, rituals, religion, joy, peace, harmony with others indigenous people.
i feel the Taino inside me..Jersey Rican baby!
Same here! Living in North Carolina now.
Great documentary. I've been curious about my roots lately. Trying to find myself I guess. I've cut off communication with my mother, she's very toxic & we never had much in common. I am Puerto Rican on my father's side but I didn't grow up around that side of the family. I actually just ordered a DNA test, I'm really curious to see how much Taino show up. But I already know it's there I can feel it, like my blood wants me to learn more & embrace that part of my of my identity. I'm going to film doing the DNA test and then researching the results for my UA-cam channel. I think it's interesting, and there is very little representation in the Taino community. I didn't even know about them until I was in my 20's🤯
This is crazy. To think that this is my culture, and the way of my ancestors and my heritage. I'm learning so much
The only reason why this guy is saying that there is no gain in wanting to reconnect with our roots, is because that implicates that our land was taken from us and so was our identity. It's obvious that he's comfortable with being something he's not. I Love my Taino people, my dad is a Taino and it's evident in his skin, hair and features. His hands touch the skin of a Congo and hos blood line shows up. I'm proud to know that I have Taino DNA in me. 🧡
Does anyone where whom to contact for any Taino clan of Puerto Rico in the Youngstown, Ohio,, Area.
Because the colonizers believe we wanna be Taino because we don’t wanna be black? Or we don’t like black people??? Maybe we just want our identities back..... everyone can divide themselves by culture but when Taino do it it’s wrong somehow... u can’t be Taino and be productive I guess... shits crazy af. It’s our culture and we don’t even have the “right” to practice our culture.
What do you mean don’t want to be black ? You can be Afro-Taino ? Many have some for of Afro blood because of the slave trade on every island in the Caribbean
Is Daka short for Dak'toka?
Go to the campos in the mountains of PR and DR and you will see people that are clearly indigenous. We might be mostly mixed thats true but we have to be allowed to accept all our ancestors and that includes Taino. I used to think it was dead, clearly its not.
So dude thinks you can only do one thing at a time? We can't connect to our ancestors, our roots, and focus on politics? I would venture to say that is the initial step to finding our power to fight for all the other stuff we should be entitled to. 🇵🇷✊🏾💖 Daka Taino!
I AM T A ORIGINAL TAINO INDIAN FROM THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA (HAITI)
MY FAMILY STILL LIVE IN TAINO HOMES TODAY! WHEN I TELL THEM WHO WE REALLY ARE THEY THINK IM CRAZY! AND THE GOVERNMENT OVER THERE IS GOING TO TEAR DOWN ONE OF PROBABLY THE LAST REAL ORIGINAL TIANO VILLAGE TO BIULD A STUPID AIR PORT! I STRONGLY DISAGREE!
That is horrible. Why does the hatian goverment does not respect THAT,THEY SHOULD. They need to build that airport else were period.
Why would they think your crazy????
Only 4% of you people have taino dna, in the other hand 62% of puertorricans have taino dna, look it up
@@JOSECARABALLO-e1nWho cares? He is Taino. STOP!
@@JOSECARABALLO-e1nyou are acting like the colonial system, if he was white you would embrace what he said, remember the tainos were in Haiti, is it so hard for to accept that some Tainos stayed in the island and mix with some of the Africans.
This is a beautiful film all the way through! Pride in your culture and recognition of your historical background which has been attempted to be erased is important to carry on your traditions and to pass on to the next generations. Although the indigenous peoples of the “Americas” were subjected to all forms of genocides, enslavements and humiliations since the explorers and colonizers ravaged the lands your peoples still are here. The Taino/Boricua have been told that they were erased but as was said 10-20% survived so you continue on notwithstanding the mixture of the races (although there is only one race...the human race). Kudos to Alex
Zacarias and Roberto Borrero for your
scholarship which seems to go way above the sociologist who favors the Spanish heritage and disregards Columbus and his henchmen’s’ pillaging of a culture to dominate the lands that they “discovered”. Quite barbaric!!! The poem/rap done by
Intikana, Native Eyes, during the credits was so right on.
How can i get info in new York city to learn about participating with my fellow Taínos
uctp.org
Thank you i appreciate it! 🙏🏽
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Loved your informative video on Taino . My mother's father was taino and no one talked about it much. As for me here in New Jersey and in Puerto Rico I say " TAINO DAKA".
On one side I have Tiano on my Puerto Rican side but my Grandmother named Chachita was Tino from Venezuela her Mother was 100 percent Tino. My Grandmother didn't even want to speak the Spanish language or teach it to us after coming to US. Her story is unfortunate and separated us from all family in Venezuela. The energy is fierce and sad when I think about these things. Families lost forever. History that they still want to hide.
Our people originally came from Venezuela. Due to the fact there were wars and was forced to move out. Thats great you got to meet them i wish i could have.
What an amazing film about my Taino people and our history! I love it so much. This is how others are kept down by force, greed, and power of man!
@Gabriel Haslip-Viera (Mr. Sell Out) Time Stamp: 4:43 "So pure blooded TaÍnos no such thing, they're extinct!" 46:39 "Umm, extinction of indigenous peoples perhaps that's too strong a word umm, um because um there was survival, there was some survival, umm mostly mixture ok, that's how indigenous populations eh survived eh to some degree by mixing in with other populations, and it begins in the sixteenth century with the European expansion. "So pure-blooded history teachers are also extinct as long as it's only the U.S.' version of everyone else's history!" Sell-outs never cease in P.R.' and the rest of U.S.' version of OUR history. History FACTS all day, every day!! Me: 18% Taino DNA Baby, FACTS!! Pedro Albizu Campos El Maestro y voz del pueblo Taino y Boriken! QEPD querido, amado, ejemplo humilde y regâlo a el pueblo Puertórriqueño! Me imaginaria que era Taino tambien.
We can work for the betterment of our community AND reclaim our heritage.
I was born in 74, and I remember as a child watching the old black/white cowboy and Indian movies in my small 4 bedroom apartment in the Bronx. I would always side with the Indians even when I knew they were going to be decimated by the cowboys. I always felt a connection, a deep respect and a love for their way of life and unsurpassed valor and bravery in the face of adversity. I also remember being in elementary school and being chosen to play a native american chief for a thanksgiving play. I was so proud because the teacher said I had the right skin color and facial features. I am a Bronx born son of two Puerto Rican parents, my dad is from Guayama and my moms side from ponce, but I claim Taino! Not New yorican, not Puerto Rican, Taino Daka!
Wonderful
Columbus didn't sail in order to discover a new world. He sailed to go to India. He got lost.
He didn’t get lost that’s a lie he came here to this America land because he knew the lost tribes of Israel were here which is why he brought with him hebrew interpreters!
@@Mayoyaquiwarrior that is a demonstrable lie... you should really lay off the pasta.
@@kpw84u2 🤦🏽♂️ just go somewhere sad a truth is a lie to you, but a lie is truth to you GTHO
@@Mayoyaquiwarrior actually, your sources for information are found lacking... based on your statement, you wouldnt know the truth if it came as a boat and ran into you.
@@kpw84u2 your an ignorant troll and don’t know anything, now it’s been proven they have found ancient Hebrew writings here in the America’s !!
I am an Indigenous American/Jamaican Arawak-Lokono-Taíno Cacique Chief!
Hermano thankh u, do you have any information of Ciguayos?
Identity is so important, One's heritage is Important in a world that is increasingly homogenizd. It is givi ng our ancestors a voice,
Bendiciones!!!! Me encanto este documental, no lo habia visto, PERO Igual, buscando mas y mas, nuestras raises 🙏💙🇵🇷😎
Taino will never be extinct.
Taino daka!!!❤❤❤
How can I find out if I have taino heritage?
23andMe
Taino Daka! My family is from El Cibao in Quizqueya!
Proud Taino 🇵🇷 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 💪🏼
Daka TAINO from Rio Piedras PR.✊🏾🇵🇷
This is excellent. Where have you been all my life?
Taino daka ✊🏾
How can you discover something people already lived on !You going... wish we was extinct!
Big FACTS.....
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What is The Black Columbus mentioned at 16:48?
I believe that he is not referencing Christo Columbus as a Black man.
Symbolism And Meaning Of Black...
• "Black represents evil, darkness, night, and despair. It's the color used to convey certainty and authority, and when used in opposition with white, it's a symbol of the eternal struggle between day and night, good and evil, and right and wrong."
Unfortunately the White Europeans uses color to make them to be a pure form of good and Dark skin people to be unpure but we all know it is the opposite, Spiritually.
We also know we all are not a box of Crayola but of a Nationality with Culture not of Color and White Europeans divided us by color so we can fight among ourselves rather them fighting us as a whole.
Taino Daka. My DNA, haplos, speaks this. My 73 year old mother shared with me last week that my great grandmother was 1/2 Indian, 1/2 Puerto Rican.
My soul is aching to connect with Taíno tribe. How do I find my people?! I'm currently in the middle of nowhere Missouri 😭
Most important statement’s; I’ve heard is from the 09:43-09:50.
It’s not about US, it’s about mankind…
Taíno proud! ❤❤❤✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Taino Power !!! From Quisqueya ....my Boricua Brothers we must stay close together cause this time we gonna be up front and direct to anyone who Considers us dead! We Taino have never died we been here!! Just like the Aztecas live as well as the Mayans!! We Tainos!!! ...We Tainos! Quisqueyanos & Boringuenos!
Bahamas Taínos relocated ny Spaniards to 🇩🇴.
The U.S.A. And around the World will Always Say The TAINOS are Extinct To Benefit There Colonization Western Government and it Really Sucks! But the True Is We Still Here and I am One Of Many Tainos and My Grandchildren Know About there Roots,Ancestry and is in there Blood Which They Will Past It Down Through Their Children & So Fourth On and On. UNSTOPPABLE ✊🏻🇵🇷😉 42:08
Canadian Native Indians have received reparations.
What the name of the rapping song at the end of this program
Taino Daka! 10%...💝
Who is the artist at the end?
I am glad the Taínos are still with us and I celebrate that. I am also glad and celebrate my Spaniard and African roots. I am here because of the Taínos, Spaniards and Africans. The three together are my heritage. Soy Boricua.
I’m so angry I’m in tears 😭 🤬
Taino Daka a truth testimony. Me Isamaria Angela Ponce 2006 to present, the night of Santiago. Thanks, proudly....Winter Anniversary!
This guy in the glasses has absolutely no clue. He is an embarrassment, I have paperwork from my grandfather of the original DNA study in the early 1900's.
I agree with you brother
Whats the name of the dna study?
Can we look it up?
DNA technology did not exist in the early 1900’s but the k. Lol
I’m proud to say, Taino Daka. Growing up we were told that my great grandfather’s sister was a Taino Princess. My cousin actually found a picture of her at the school library. I’m very proud of my heritage and their music lives in my soul. Puerto Rican from Hawaii 🤙🏽
He is indeed an embarrassment and a self loathing traitor!
It’s has nothing to do with gain it’s has to do with knowing who u are and were u come from okay
Everyone assumes it’s political in that aspect, but we want only what is our. Our rights and culture
I've deleted my comment which previously occupied this space because I learned that I was wrong about the character & actions of Christopher Columbus - who I had previously been defending, but now realize that I was wrong to do so.
I mistakenly thought that he hadn't returned after that 1st contact - but he returned multiple times.
He was indeed brave & adventurous, but apparently he was also so cruel that even the Spanish gov't had him arrested.
Yes I have tried to reach out to different organization all I keep hearing is we no longer exist so I ask myself what the heck am I chop liver I had my son do ancestry cause was so frustrated and guess what WE TAINOS DO EXIST CAUSE I EXIST IM VERY PROUD OF BEING FROM BORINKEN AND BEING TAINO AND THATS WHAT I TEACH MY BOYS AND WHAT I WILL TEACH MY GRANDCHILDREN
Taino Daka! I’m from sotuthern NY/northern pa border of turtle island. Any communities in that area? I would love to meet more of my relatives.
How frustrating for you all!!!!!!Power to you NOW!! I AM A SECOND GENERATION Holocaust survivor of the Jews. Yes we ALL EXIST IN THE NOW!!! Tradition is what binds us. Love to each and every Taino on this planet today..may your lights shine bright...❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
We all have fragments of the Taínos in our DNA, just that.
We are not Indians, they live on the other side of the world, we are TAINO!
Get Taino recognized as a tribe and claim your rights.
If they admit wrong then what? That’s never enough, they would also have to make it right again. Give us our ancestors our land and our culture
Columbus (Cristobal Colon) came under the Spanish flag not Italian. He never set foot in any part of the continental United States, only Puerto Rico.
@Flutistmom I never said anything about PR being first and that has nothing to do with my comment :).
Columbus didn't discover Borinque because you discover what's never been found and if there were Tainos living on the Island then there was a finding not a discovery. 🇵🇷❤
In my most humble opinion the word (indian) was a mistake made by the conqueror. Another step going forward with claiming identity is fazing out the word ( indian). The tribes of the Western world can claim their own tribes. Tainos stay humble, good hearted, and, may the spirit of our ancestors smile in heaven!! Ay bendito!
How do you discover something when there were people there already....Columbus didn't discover nothing people, nada!
My mother always told me to represent well and where i came from who we came from puerto rico and our ancestors the Mighty Taino Indians 😊😊😊
In your land ...wow they are on their own land lady ... for thousands if not millions of years... They are on our national emblem so we will never forget them in Jamaica..... this is what hate looks like.