Taíno

Puerto Rico is among the few remaining colonies in the world. It can also be considered among the oldest, having at one time or another been under military occupation dating back to 1508. (Schimmer) Puerto Rico spent a lot of its past being under the rule of Spain but was aided by the United States in 1898. Although intimidated by the Americans, the Puerto Rican natives remained hopeful that the United States would help bring about great change in the colony. Hoping that the Americans could help…

in reality, when it comes to celebrating Columbus Day, people aren’t only celebrating just his first voyage, but for other things that had occur from Columbus such as causing death to Indians and treating them poorly. For instance, “He seized 1,200 Taino Indians from the island of Hispaniola, crammed as many onto his ships as would fit and sent them to Spain, where they were paraded naked through the streets of Seville and sold as slaves in 1495. Columbus tore children from their parents,…

'Ajiaco' is a metaphor used by cuban ethnologist Oritz, describing Cuba as a melting pot. Ajiaco is a popular dish of Caribbean, where the ingredients are put in an earthen pot and simmered in heat for a long time. New ingredients are put in the stew next day and it eventually amalgamates with the older constituents, the process is repeated over time and it ultimately form Ajiaco, a popular dish originated and developed in Cuba by their native inhabitants. This dish is metaphorically used to…

The official or dominant definition of Puerto Rican culture is that Puerto Ricans came from three races Spanish, Taino and African. This mixture is called mestizaje were the Spanish heritage is the principal one. This point of view state that culture cannot be change and it is the same today as it was before. The only way culture can survive it is in the island and any change to it can threat its survival and continuity. This view have been challenge by a new definition. This new definition…

The west indies subjected them to extreme violence and brutality. I think that is bad to do just because they said no to him.There were a lot of people dead and sick. I can't believe he killed a lot of people. after 60 years there was only 250,000 taino were left on their island.…

In the early 1500's the Spanish began importing slaves from Africa to Hispaniola, since the Taino slaves had quickly died from the horrid conditions. For some reason, they believed African slaves would simply “work better,” and that it was not the severe working conditions that was causing frequent slave deaths. Tough slave conditions remained…

Did you know Columbus Day is a lie? If you don’t know who Columbus is, he was a man who was claimed to discover America. Many think that Columbus found the New World looking for new undiscovered land but he was in fact trying to find gold and an all-water route to Asia as well as Queen Isabella’s mission for spreading Christianity to Asia. Columbus Day shouldn’t be celebrated because he was not actually the person to discover the Americas and Columbus thought he landed in Asia. First, Columbus…

Japan, convinced that it was possible to reach tiches of the east by sailing west. On October 12, 1492 Columbus landed on a very little Caribbean island about three hundred miles north of the eastern tip of Cuba. There he confornted natives called Tainos; this was a huge discovery, this event ignited a spark of exploration. In spite of finding a completely new continent he died believing he had found a new way to Asia, but actually he did not. Despite Columbus's lack of success in locating the…

Buffington Ms. Thorne Spanish II 11/10/16 Pt I :History of Cuba The history of Cuba started when Christopher Columbus came to the island in 1492. After he landed the Spaniards began their conquest on the island. Some groups like the Ciboney and the Taino lived on the island but they were either killed by the Spaniards or died from the disease they brought. So their effect on the Cuban culture was small, and the Spanish culture, language, and religion lasted. The basis of the economy was mainly…

reached Cuba on October 28, making landfall at Bariay, a harbor near the eastern tip of the island. Thinking he had found China, he sent two men to investigate. The two men failed in their mission to find the Emperor of China, but did visit a native Taíno village. There they were the first to observe the smoking of tobacco, a habit which they promptly picked up. Third Landfall: Hispaniola: Leaving Cuba, Columbus made landfall on the Island of Hispaniola on December 5.The natives called it…