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  2. Taíno - Wikipedia

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    Some Puerto Rican children were sent to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, the flagship among American Indian boarding schools, [134] [137] [135] including children with Taíno heritage. [107] Despite this, there is widespread recognition that Taíno customs and culture have survived in some form in Puerto Rico, where these customs are ...

  3. History of women in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Rican women and women of Puerto Rican descent have continued to join the Armed Forces, and some have even made the military a career. Among the Puerto Rican women who have or had high ranking positions are the following: Lieutenant Colonel Olga E. Custodio (USAF) became the first Hispanic female U.S. military pilot. She holds the ...

  4. List of Taínos - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Rican anthropologist Ricardo Alegría suggests that the proper pronunciation and name of the cacique was Aymaco, with Aymamón being a way of designating the cacique that ruled over the region called Aymamio, or possibly just a misunderstanding of the name's adequate pronunciation. However, historical documents have traditionally used ...

  5. Culture of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Significant cultural exchange has been evident between Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, especially the islands of St. Croix, Vieques, and Culebra, such as Puerto Rican style Patois mixed with Spanish. A number of Latin American countries have also exerted influence on Puerto Rico's cultural identity.

  6. Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Ricans (Spanish: Puertorriqueños), [12] [13] most commonly known as Boricuas, [a] [14] but also occasionally referred to as Borinqueños, Borincanos, [b] or Puertorros, [c] [15] are an ethnic group native to the Caribbean archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, and a nation identified with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through ancestry, culture, or history.

  7. Atabey (goddess) - Wikipedia

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    Atabey is an ancestral mother of the Taíno, one of two supreme ancestral spirits in Taíno mythology.She was worshipped as a zemi, which is an embodiment of nature and ancestral spirit, (not to be confused with a goddess, how she is commonly referred to in colonial terms to replace Taíno verbiage and culture) of fresh water and fertility; [1] she is the female entity who represents the ...

  8. Anacaona - Wikipedia

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    In 1493, the Spanish Crown established a colony whose sole purpose was to excavate for gold and other precious metals. With the establishment of the new colony Santo Domingo, the Taíno were kidnapped and enslaved to satisfy the needs of the Crown (many Taíno women were raped and those Taínos who resisted the Spaniards were murdered). [3] [7 ...

  9. Caciques in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Agüeybaná II in Parque Monumento, Ponce The native Taíno tribes have played a major role in the history and culture of the island of Puerto Rico.At the head of each tribe was a cacique who, along with the nitaínos, governed each of the yucayeques, or villages of the island.