Who Were the Taíno, Puerto Rico’s Indigenous Culture?

Who Were the Taíno, Puerto Rico’s Indigenous Culture?

Accounts of the discovery of the “new world” often give the impression that Europeans’ first encounters were with small native tribes, saving major indigenous histories for large civilizations like the Aztec and Inca. In fact, the very first people the conquistadors met in the Caribbean were part of a distinct culture with its own religious mythos, political organization, advanced agricultural practices and trade routes. Today they’re called the…