508 Years: The Taino Presence in Boriken and Beyond

[nikoanne]

also explain why when my family is asked if they are puerto rican they say no they are boriken? they look different then some of the puertoricans that came on the same boat? hmmm. Small pox didn't kill all the native hawaiians... so I would have to believe it didn't kill all the tainos... especially the mixed ones.

[SebastianQuinsella]

que verguenza, gente sin bochorno.

se inventen su nueva identidad mientras se pintan el pelo rubio y se ponen los contactos azules. asquerosos todos. mi gato es mas taino

[yvell]

Puerto Ricans have all the right to search for their Taino Indians heritage. They won't rest until they find the truth.

[BennoFletcherBorges]

Yvell --- 1, Even if they invent it,at the hands of charlatanes in the Bronx? I am born/raised in PR of Corsican, Basque&Mayorquin background & I find it sad that there are more Tainos in the Bronx today than ever existed on the Island.There is a video here that even claims Tainos in Hawaii. Anthropologists know this is impossible,but Taino websites are springing up like pimples on a teenager's face.The majority of these findings are beyond fraud.

[BennoFletcherBorges]

Yvell --- 2, And re. the Tainos of Hawaii, the Bronx and even Salt Lake City, let me just say, that "yes" everyone has the right to connect with their roots but NOT at the hands of patronizing, exploitive & manipulative political pimps who want to give new identities to those who are not happy with the old ones. "Muchos no quieren ser negros, no pueden ser blancos y que mas le queda?" Taino.

[BennoFletcherBorges]

Yvell --- 3, And re. the Tainos in Hawaii, this is one HUGE scam.NOT one of the thousands of Puerto Ricans that went by ship to Hawaii via New Orleans & Los Angles was a Taino. Not 1 got on those boats wearing taparrabos or tail feathers, but today, there are charlatanes peddling them as original Tainos.Unfortunately the very towns they came from were NOT settled by EUROPEANS until the mid 1800s & these workers left in the 1890s (400 years AFTER the Tainos had disappeared as a cultural element.

[BennoFletcherBorges]

Yvell --- 4, But historical facts are very inconvenient for the Taino"activists" who will stop at nothing at reinventing identities for those who DON'T know any better & will fall for any fake junk history presented to them.THE perfect example of this is the fake Taino "history" floats in the PR Day Parade,where Nuyorican children dressed Hopi & Apache-inspired polyester loin cloths w/peacock feathers sticking out of their asses are jumping through hoops claiming their Taino "roots".Bien Triste.

[amayorie]

Si visitas el Noreste de PR, encontrarás que la población es mayormente negra. En las costas hubo mucha mezla de africanos y españoles; Pero si visitas los pueblos del centro de la isla como Jayuya, Utuado, Lares, Adjuntas, Las Marías y Maricao, encontraras que la población es producto del mestizaje entre blancos y taínos y que la presencia africana en esas zonas es muy poca. Investigaciones recientes indican que seis de cada diez puertorriqueños son decendientes de indígenas.

[bigballs40]

why yall arguing we black/taino/white be proud of each shit all we need is asian and we be everything i don no caucasian and asian almost same shit ya think but wateva boriquaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[Monasukapanough]

Respect to the Taino people from the Saponi/Manahoac people.

[yoli600]

Soy de una raza pura..Pura rebelde! Soy de una raza que ha tenido clavos en las manos y llagas en las rodillas .Soy de una raza pura..Pura rebelde! Soy Borincano, negro y gitano. Soy Taino y soy lagrimas y tambiem dolor . Por lo mucho que he vivido , por lo mucho que he sufrido..Soy de una raza pura..Pura rebelde! (cancion: Rebelde de Lucecita Benitez) Check it out on YOUTUBE. It says it all about us Boricuas!

[morongator]

si es verdad...los tainos en puerto rico no sobrevivieron alas enfermedades traidas por los espanoles ala isla como la malaria la fiebre amarilla,el small pox y el maltrato de los espanoles en las minas de oro,por consequencia en necesidad de trabajo los espanoles trayeron esclavos africanos para cultivar la can`a

[Boricuanino49]

no rican is indian we are not mexican we are black and spanish live wit it

[killuminati43]

you are stupid and its ashame that you call yourself boricua, but then again your from the united states and a nuyorican. Not authentic puerto rican. Dna showed that 80% of puerto ricans on the island have spanish blood and 65% of puerto ricans had taino blood in the mix. only 20% of puerto ricans showed strong african blood. Puerto rico is a mestizo island, a strong mixture of spanish and taino blood;although there definately are boricuas of african descent, but not overwhelmingly.

[Boricuanino49]

good facts you got there(i've only seen everyone use the same one). I still haven't found a rican dat looks like george lopez

[killuminati43]

lmao, you are a real wise person. first of all puerto ricans have more spanish blood in them than taino, so you will have a hard time finding a full blown indian looking puerto rican, second of all george lopez is a mexican indian, the myans and aztec indians look pretty diffrent than the taino indians of the carribean. and third of all i have seen plenty of puerto ricans IN PUERTO RICO who have some form of INDIAN FEATURE. be it straight hair, or a narrow nose. plus my mother has indian blood.

[Angelxedge]

hey my father was of Taino blood. can you please explain to me what tain puerto rican really means?

because i was born in california and i have never once gave it thought what taino really meant. if anyone else reads this an knows what our history is please feel free.

[killuminati43]

Taino were the orginal inhabitants of the carribean. Now, they are morly extinct but they live in the veins of the majority of puerto ricans along with our spanish ancestors. Theyre the true boricuas, boricua is taino for Bravelord, and borinquen the original name of puerto rico mean " land of the valiant bravelord". Thats how the Tainos saw themselves, and how puerto rican should see themselves a noble people. there still are some full blooded tainos who have kept their customs on the island.

[Boricuanino49]

indians have flat noses and the tainos came from colombia

[killuminati43]

oh and let me add this, when i first saw erik estrada i thought he was mexican, turns out he's was born in east harlem to puerto rican parents. dude looks like he could be george lopez brother.

[Boricuanino49]

all the indians either died of pox or mixed wit the africans if you are in fact indian then you arent boricua. when i was little i asked my grandfather if he was taino so he laughed at me and told me there was no one left with taino blood or very few.

[killuminati43]

your grandather is a retard, and i dont really know you but i can pretty much tell that it has passed down to you. How the hell can theyre not be taino blood, when the spaniards to the taino women as wives, you stupid fuck. Dont call yourself puerto rican cause puerto ricans on the island, really dont like nuyoricans. And just like a typical one, dont know the culture of the puerto ricans, yet you call youself borciua a taino word. dumbass

[Boricuanino49]

my grandfather lives in Humacao retard your a fucknig disgrace to the race get a DNA test and when you find out you arent taino jump off a bridge. plus my Uncle is 90% black boricua and he thinks hes taino he even collects indaian shit

[killuminati43]

im a real puerto rican boy, and tell you uncle yea he dont got indian blood he staright african. 90% black geez lol... but most puerto ricans are mestizo, white and taino.

[Boricuanino49]

bro i cant put this any other way man everything about us is african music, food, llanguage, and the people we are a caribean island man mexicans are indian becuase they lives on the mainland without smallpox

[Boricuanino49]

my cousin says that all they teach the kids in puerto rico is taino shit brainwashing them, the real shit they should teach them is the african culture. ive seen many people in pr that you would not be able to see at night ive even felt too light to go to some places because the people were so dark

[killuminati43]

im not going to countinue talking to someone who doesnt know what the hell he's talking about. only thing african is the music, our food, spice is a mixture of taino and spanish food, so again by saying our food is african, shows you dont know shit about puerto rico.

[Boricuanino49]

wat is your problem are you a loner you must be because the food is very african pasteles and arroz con gandules are just two even platanos and coconuts, fucking everything is your probably a white rican that wants to be indian so you tell lies on youtube well come to the bronx and say your indian and you wont have to worry anymore.

[killuminati43]

omg, beans and spice come from the taino you retard. you dont know shit, im tight that i am even here arguing with someone who first of isnt even from the island, and second of all know shit about my culture. Pasteles is african and coconuts african????? lmao coconuts grow on the island you retard, they were around since the tainos, o what with your logic the coqui are african 2 lmao.

perfect example of most nuyorican a disgrace that doesnt even know his heritage yet arugues with one that does

[Boricuanino49]

haha i know the culture and i have so much family in pr that will tell you all that fried shit we eat is african but yeah the roots and spices are taino but the mofongo pasteles achapurres(cant spell dat) and even arroz con pollo is african gandules are from the congo

[Sgtpsoto]

boricuanino, yo talk like a man with a rubber ass stop trying to be black ,cause you ain't viva Boriken,, asswipe

[MerinoMedina]

killu---1,

some history for you:When the Spanish arrived in PR, they found the island covered by a canopy of vegetation similar to that in equatorial So. America.There were NO coconut trees in PR then. As the coast became more settled, the canopy receded into the mountains....

[MerinoMedina]

killu---2,

As European ships sailed AROUND the tip of So. America & began to trade with Pacific islands & Polynesia, they brought coconuts (to drink) onto the ships & when they returned (en route to Europe), some coconuts washed ashore &began to grow on Atlantic coasts & Caribbean. That's how coconuts got to PR.

[papichuloprdr1]

and he also lives in a taino name place humacao.taino people still excist

[nikoanne]

have you seen puertoricans from hawaii? why is it my grandmother looks identical to the pictures of the "extinct" taino women?

[Angelxedge]

who the hell said we are mexican?

[Boricuanino49]

killuminati is gay

[papichuloprdr1]

if u havent seen a puerto rican that doesnt look indian then look at zion from zion y lennox

[demain05]

los tainos no existen en pr hay mas de sandre de negro que de indio.

[Morgothrik]

Chacho! ustedes estan bien pero que bien mal informado, la Tribu(s) Taino , estava donde quiera en el Caribe no solo en Boriken, ni solo en Quiqueya, ustedes si quieren saber , en Boriken por el sitio hoy dia llamado Utuado vallasen por ahi y veran mucha evidencia Taino, en las personas y evidencia Arqueologica y Antropologica. evidencia de linaje de sangre Grita mucha de que todavia hay familia Taino en Boriken( DNA ), la ignorancia de ustedes es algo que es evidente del racismo en su Pais

[Boricuanino49]

claro

[Boricuanino49]

claro que si

[hispanicuscorpus]

wow eso taino boricua como que parecen de desencensia negro y blanco, SI los taino no sobrevivieron en Quisqueya,,que hay mas montana que el diantre,,como diablo sobrevivieron en pto rico donde es pequenita, eso es invento de alguien para sacarle dinero al govierno federal de EEUU. y si ese es el caso,,,ay esta la sangre espanola,(ladrones)

[eddiemonocasio]

estupido ignornante

los tainos existen en santo domingo y puerto rico no son puro pero la sangre vive

cabron

[maribel32822]

Soy Orgullosa de ser Taina Puerto Riquena

[Barbierh]

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