The island of Hispaniola, of which the Dominican Republic forms the eastern two-thirds and Haiti the remainder, was originally occupied by Tainos, an Arawak-speaking people. The Tainos welcomed ...

In her efforts to redress the history of colonial erasure, she pursues official recognition of her people. Follow Maekiaphan, a Taino woman from the U.S. Virgin Islands, on her journey to reclaim ...

The Europeans first used these people as labour on the plantations. Disease killed many of the Arawak and Taino people, and soon there were not enough indigenous people to meet the ever growing ...