Did the Natives of Puerto Rico really go extinct?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- I spoke to the people who call themselves Indigenous Boricuas and the academics presenting evidence that the Natives of Puerto Rico did not go extinct in the 16th century.
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Whistle blowers involved with USA deep space, say, they saw maya looking humans in deep space,. They have big space ships. Some channels say some people from that Puerto Rico area took a dimensional leap to space. Lastly people who have told stories of aliens abduction, also talk about meeting brown skin humans, who where helpful to earth human. So we can say the people moved on into another phase of life, inte=dimensional space.
@@goldleaf9324 Can you provide references or proof of that claim?
Yes I want to know our roots
Well said 👍🏻
@@MrsLopez-jq6rg People immigrated across an ice bridge from Siberia to what is now Alaska. There were two separate waves, the first settling in North America, and the second wave ended up in South America...
it's all in our DNA....
I’m Mexican and I got love for my Puerto Rican brothers and sisters! Aztecas x Tainos! 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷✊🏽
We are brothers & sisters
But you don't speak any variations of Nahault
My wife and I are Mexican and Rican (her is Hopi/Azteca and Taino then there's mines Maya/inca and Taino) according to DNA both are beautiful worlds.
Boricua hispanic india n black iam.. yo tengo las tres cultura gracias a Dios así tratamos bien a todo . Cuba santo domingo puerto rico y México Colombia somos hermanos
I’m Peruvian and I got love love for my Mexican and Puerto Rican brothers and sisters…. Incas, Aztecas y Tainos 🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷✊🏾
My grandmother always told me as a kid stories of how I am Taino. She also told me to never forget it. She thought me all about the land and how to heal our bodies with herbs from the land. How her grandmother told her stories of how the tainos escaped into the mountains and lived there as she lived there. My grandmother teached me how to plant, how to cultivate, how to make plates and cups out of coconut and other fruits like the iguera. How to eat like a true taino. I will never forget the first time I went to america and putting Taino instead of puertorican in applications and no one accepted them because they wanted me to put hispanic.
Wow! Read a tourist brochure. OK?
@@ChanaElisheva 3:29
This is so beautiful I was born in America and have always struggled with my identity after my dad passed I’ve been learning about my roots and ancestry, would you be open to sharing some of your grandmas knowledge with me?
Iguera
Wow! I would have loved to learn all of that!
I'm feeling very emotional about this short documentary. I'm actually crying of happiness to know that our indigenous people are very much alive, because I love my people. Thank you. 🇵🇷
Son mestizos de ascendencia indígena y europea... no me jodaa
So in a world in which we are supposedly caring less and less about racial backgrounds, you want to go down that route
@@kloschuessel773 You just don’t understand
@@johnnyfife3546 no, this same statement would be seen as utterly racist and inappropriate if done by a white person/european
And it is in fact very backwards, no matter who says this...
I understand perfectly
@@kloschuessel773 im sorry you feel that way buddy. Hope the world gets better soon.
Me thinking Taino culture was dead: :(
Me realizing they are still out there: :)
Thank you for thus
Don't forget indians moved to the mountains
Ther are still here
Nunca he pensado que desaparecieron.soli edtan Unidos como grupo Nativo o etnico.o practicando sus costrumbres
Culture is still there but genetically they aren't. Some people have some taino dna but it's all very small percentages
Thank god they're still living, 🙏🏿 🙌 ❤ the spirit lives on, big up Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 with love from guyana 🇬🇾
Henwai!! Denke DaYono!!
Please mention that in 2019 a jawbone was found of a Taino female on the Bahamas. When her dna was studied, it turned out to match closer to modern Puerto Ricans than to any Indigenous group. The jawbone was dated as 500 years before Columbus.
Mr. Domingo Hernandez; I will really appreciated if you share links to that information regardind the jawbone discovery. Thanks!
@@ditaboricua3396 please search on TH-cam, Indigenous dna to living Puerto Ricans. It is a CBS news report.
😍😍
@@santiagomorales8799 thank you so much. Very interesting. I love getting information about my roots
It's nothing new. Tainos lived in Hispaniola, Cuba and Puerto Rico. It wasn't only from PR. There's a good documental that talks about Tainos in cuba.
Breaks my heart that Spanish courses practically reject the Taino Spanish words .
Indigenous words of Taino natives *
Created on purpose by those that rule the island, the American government!
@@chgofirefighter it started w the Spanish govt.
THOSE ARE WORDS WE USE IN OUR DAILY LIVES... MY GRANDPARENTS WERE FROM LARES & MARICAO... SO I BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE THAT TAINO BLOOD❤🙏❤ WHEN I HEARD HIM SPEAK I CONNECTED IMMEDIATELY, IMPRESSIVE!
there are a couple words that were adopted from native languages of the Americas into spanish
Bianca, my mother was born and raised in Utuado and mentioned to me along time ago that there was a Taino sacred grounds in Utuado. I plan to go to PR for some much needed R and R and I will visit Utuado and visit the Taino grounds my mom mentioned. This was so enlightening and for some reason so emotional when I saw your Tik Tok! I’m from Chicago, born and raised! I want to learn as much as I can especially after viewing this. Be blessed and yes, I’m following you.
My mother too from utuado she was from a tribe called Utoao
I love this conversation! I live in PR with my family, and, as a woman of African and Indigenous ancestry, I appreciate exploring oral history, culture, and traditions.
Loiza, Piñones and Luquillo Santurce have most of our afro culture
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Babalawo Ajuawo ifagmelike
It is amazing that we are rediscovering our identity, and find so much joy in the fellowship of our history.
@@amariewalenda3801 But in Fajardo, next door to Loiza and Luquillo, you will find that the overwhelming vast majority of us are Euro-Hispano-Castillian-Puerto Ricans. Kindly notice that we have 4 dashes (cuatro guiones bien puestos), thank you very much.
African, Taino and Spanish. Que viva 🇵🇷
Never believe the books! Tainos weren't extinct, we still here.
It's even stupid to think they wiped out a whole race of people. With how vast and jungle like PR is in some areas, you would never be able to fully check the mountains. I remember as a kid, my dad owns the land around his house, and his cousins, family own more so basically it's ours to explore, and me and my friends would spend hours in the mountains and wooded areas getting fruit for juice, exploring, and just living real life as a kid. I just remember how simple life was.
Search the documental "The last taino" is about Cuban Taino.
I'm not taino but I believe you.
@@jenniferaquino1729 You are right!! We ARE NOT EXTINCT! We might of lost some of our culture but we will NEVER FORGET... It is in OUR BLOOD!!
Are the arawaks in Jamaica all extinct too?
Just found out through Ancestry DNA that I’m 30% indigenous Puerto Rican. This is fascinating! Thank you for the great video!!
What’s about the other 70%?
@@sheldonbradley5891Es español y africano
I love ceremony and I participate in ceremony every chance I get, I am a Yaqui & Apache Native American from Central Valley California, we practice our songs, we have our sweat lodges and naming ceremonies, home blessings, and well as cleansing or Limpias. Blessings to our indigenous brothers and sisters from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
That’s so cool! Blessings to you too ❤️❤️❤️
Dr Martínez Cruzado was my Genetics professor in college. He's the most brilliant man I've ever met and the humblest.
Paola saludos, no se de donde conozco a Profesor de UPR Utuado o de UPR Mayagüez
Same here. Colegio de Mayagüez.
My parents moved my family away from Puerto Rico when I less than a year old. Now being 21 years old I visited my abuelo y abuela and only spent a week there on the island. But once I stepped foot on the island. The feeling of not fitting in, the feeling of shallow emptiness completely went away. For the first time in my life I felt like I was truly at home. Now that I'm back in the states I severely miss the culture, the weather and just the overall way of life. I want to thank you for posting your videos, they allow me feel like I'm back for just a moment. I have a two year plan into motion now to get me back to the island and finish my schooling there, and even though I know very little Spanish, Puerto Rico is the place I want to call my home.
Thank you.
Hello Diego. Just following up on you. Are you still planning to move to Puerto Rico. I am an educator and just wanted to let you know that every university has many programs that offer help to students with different needs. In your case there are the Student Support Services from the TRIO program that provides mentoring and tutoring, also Title V programs that provide individual tutoring services and others. I have worked with these programs and saw the benefits it provided to students with the same language problems you have. Some of my students only spoke English when they arrived but this was never a barrier for them to attain a good education, make friends and enjoy life here on the island. In Puerto Rico we have a large Bilingual community because English has been taught in grades K-12 and now with cable and the internet that community has grown. If you decide to study here look into the programs available at the university of your choice. Some good ones with these programs are Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Sistema Ana G. Mendez Universities, American University, and Inter American University. Wishing you the best!
@@mayragarcia675 awesome information. I wish I had known about this when I was younger. I will pass on this information. I was born and lived in states all my life except for one year I lived in P.R. no help back then it was sad however, I learn to speak and write enough to use it in employment situations. Thank you for sharing.
@@heavenlywingz5497 Blessings. Wishing you success in your endeavors.
It's a surreal feeling. I left when I was 3. Everytime I land there, it's a weird feeling that hits you. Every time I land , I feel history. Family history, ancestors homeland, it's where I come from.
Bienvenidos todos... esta es su casa...como dijo un compañero de trabajo aqui en Puerto Rico q vivio toda su vida en Detroit..no me quiero ir, hasta el sol me calienta diferente...te espera tus playas, rios , montañas, ese precioso sol tropical, nuestras comidas ,musica,fiestas, pueblos y campos...el cantar del coqui en las noches,.y si tienes sangre boricua pues ya tienes la mancha de platano. Esta es tu casa...
Excelente trabajo y creo que es digno que lo vean más personas, especialmente nuestra gente en Puerto Rico ya que después de ver tan solo 8 minutos de video... me enseñó más que 12 años tomando clases de historia en el sistema de educación en Puerto Rico. 😎👍
Totalmente de acuerdo!
Hemos trabajado duro en este proyecto independientemente de las autoridades. Y hay mucho más por descubrir mi hermano. ¡Hemos llegado tan lejos!
@Darrell Leon, Jaja si mano
Pues quizás deberías estudiar de nuevo en la escuela. "Cachete" No es indígena y mucho menos taíno. Tampoco lo es chiva, que viene de chivo. Cachete proviene de "cacha", mango (e.g. las cachas de la pistola) y también cachas a ambos lados de la cara. Existe en toda España: e.g. Andalucía. También en Argentina y Chile.
@@jjt1881 estoy te acuerdo, debian de informar de otras palabras que si se le han comprovado "Taino" en Boriken, como: Huracan, Jamaca, Maya(Maya)guez(Judio), Guiro, Jayuya, Humacao, Yunke, Yacono, Canoa, etc.
I always believed that they lived in our blood the problem is that most of us don't get taught the ancient ways.
Even in western culture "progress" has abandoned all our ethnic traditional ways. We all have to find a way to make the traditional and modern co-exist and have synergy. It is the same with going back to nature. We don't have to give up all the modern things, but we should remember where we came from.
@@theviceroyofreality7073 You're leaving out the African ancestry.
@@theviceroyofreality7073 Every single percentage is equally important. It makes us who we are. And we shouldn't feel bad or made feel small if we want to celebrate them, remark on them or learn about them equally.
That is colonization.
They did the same thing in India with McCaulay's English education act
@@dayalaver64 I embrace my Taino and African ancestors. We are connected to them, they have brought us to this point. We came in as enslaved Africans distributed around the world. The fact that we exsist is a miracle.
Qué sorpresa fue la aparición del Dr. Martinez Cruzado en este video. Nunca tuve la oportunidad de decirle lo agradecido que me siento de haber cogido clase con él antes de su retiro.
I’m 35% Taino we still alive and well thanks 🙏🏽 🇵🇷 🇩🇴 🇨🇺 🇯🇲
Does your DNA said that? Because mine says I am 4pct indigenous, 3 pct African and 93pct European.... 35pct is very high and it is the highest I ve seen.... I don't believe it until I see it, because I ve never heard a number that high.
@@FreeBrainChannel just to chime in, according to Dr. Martinez Cruzado in his dna study, he said the average indigenous dna was between 15 and 23% he reported finding a small minority with 34% . I'm just repeating the findings of his study, My indigenous dna is 16% .
@@Domingo12754 thanks for the info... I took Genetics with Prof Squire and Prof Martinez Cruzado was around at the time... Love his findings...
Which test did you take? I got 40% Indigenous (:
@@cheshirepussy6254 Wow, Ancestry...
My family is from Jayuya and we've always known that we're indigenous. My grandfather came to the mainland US in the 1960s and still uses words to this day that are indigenous. I'd love to see you do more videos on the Taino. We're a very proud people and everybody needs to know that we're still here
Just because your father says "guacamayo" or "guayaba" does not an "indigenous" make.
Please tell us about your Taino culture. Do you still live in a cave?
My family (both sides) came from near yours, at the northern border between Jayuya and Ponce, deep in the mountains. My parents were the first generation in our families ever to leave the island, I am part of the first generation born outside of the island. In Mt entire life I've been to PR about 3 times to visit extended family. I was supposed to go again last fall, but Covid killed my plans.
@@MrSupernova111 - Tainos did not live in caves. They lived in huts called “Bohios”, but good to know you still haven’t done your research LOL
@@Wildflower687 . Then you also know Tainos prayed to the god Atabey. Which one of you "Neo-Tainos" pray to the god Atabey? Just because you can put on face paint and dance around a camp fire half naked doesn't make you Taino culturally. Get it through your thick head.
I did my DNA and I’m 20% indigenous Taino. This makes me so emotional. We’ve been lied to.
Which company did you use?
It did said exactly Taíno?
My son gave me an Ancestry kit, when my result came in, my predominant DNA revealed that I am 29% Portuguese, 25% Spaniard and 22% Native Indian. I was born in the western part of the island of Puerto Rico. This confirms the Taino Indian still living and has not been completely exterminated as we have been taught in our schools and history.
Mi hijo me regaló un kit de Ancestry, cuando llegó mi resultado mi ADN que predomina reveló que yo soy 25% portugués, 21% español y 27% indio nativo (Taino). Yo nací en la parte oeste de la isla de Puerto Rico. Esto confirma el indio Taino todavía sigue viviendo y no ha sido exterminado completamente como se nos ha enseñado en nuestras escuelas e historia.
¡Saludos!
@@msolav63 oh ok. I’ll look at Ancestry. There’s several DNA companies and I wanted to see which is best.
@@justkidding7523
If you catch the special, you can get it for $59 dollars from Ancestry. If not, 23 and Me might be better at full price.
I am Puertorican, but I was not born in Puerto Rico. My late Mom and Dad were born there. I Grew up in Brooklyn, NY and the first time I went to PR was when I turned 20, it was beautiful. I tried to learn as much as I could in the 3 weeks that I was there, about my late parents and grandparent's upbringing, but I knew I just scratched the surface. I am Proud of my heritage and I am seeking knowledge of my ancestors. Thank you for your video, keep up the good work.
How did Puertoricans go from a beautiful Island to a concrete Jungle like NY?? Weird transition.
You're not born in Puerto RIco? Then you're not Puerto RIcan. Punto y se acabo. My brother-in-law's parents were from the UK, but he was born in Princeton (NJ). Guess what? He's not a Brit!!! He's 100% gringo...just like you. Take pride in your birthplace. NYC is a great city!!!
@@techevar Thats also part of our history. Sadly Puerto Rico has always been an oppressed island. It is said its the oldest Colony. Many puertoricans moved to NY and other states with the "american dream" in mind, hoping they can take their family out of poverty. It keeps happening to this day. If you listen to some of our music and poems like "Boricua en la luna" and "Los cerebros que se van y el corazón que se queda", you would find a lot of stuff inspired by this struggle of leaving the land we love so much.
Its amazing that you are seeking knowledge of our ancestors. We need more people that love our land and that can take an active part in this new historical event. Lets protect our land and make our ancestors proud🙏🏾
@@drinksnapple8997 bro most Puerto Ricans that are 2nd generation identify with calling themselves Puerto Rican because we aren't that far removed from the island we are just an extension to it , we aren't diluted we are the traveling team who created a chapter of our culture in the states . nobody is American because we are all from another place in this world that's WHY ITS called a melting pot and its diversity is rich in different cultures and people. the indigenous are the real Americans therefore the people saying what they are because its how they feel and its in the blood. you can't take away from them because you decide where a person is born automatically has to identify as that . there's a saying in Puerto rico for puertoricans around the world. BORICUA AUNQUE NACERIA EN LA LUNA . nobody wants to be called American because American is not a race . its a stolen land that has a very horrible past , only white people say they're American because the ones who stole and massacred the Americans. FOH
After a spiritual awakening, I have found my Ciboney Taino roots, who primarily are found in Xaymaca (Jamaica). They are referred to as Arawak Indians. It really is a conversation I too didn't know that needed to be had. Thank you for taking your time to do this beautiful soul.💜
Your skin tone is white so how can you have any naive in you than you say Jamaica 😂
You know nothing about a stranger. But, I used to argue with strangers online until one day I realized it's childish. So, may you find what you're searching for. I'll take no part in this negative conversation any longer. Ain't no entity stealing my joy today. ☀️🧿☀️
No such thing as Arawak “Indians”.. Indians are Asians .. nothing to do with Puerto Rico
Some places are looks like my own village in India.I am impressed. 🥰🥰
I know for a fact that my relatives on my mother side were definitely Taino. I know that I had relatives that came from the Canary Islands who married native people. But I can see in the faces of my mother’s sisters and brothers that they are of Taino descent.The Taíno people did not die off. What died off was the history of the indigenous people of
Puerto Rico. Hundreds of years of indoctrination (education) by Spain and the United States. Systematic brainwashing intentionally made an effort to minimize the legacy of the Taino people.
Every puertorican is Taino....
@@christorres9964 not every Puerto Rican is. But it's nice that indigenous roots are honored.
@@lucymercado66 TODO Puertorriqueño tiene las tres ADNs....
Except genetic tests show the vast majority of Puerto Rican’s have native ancestry. For the most part every Puerto Rican whose family is from the island is Taino
@@Dd214medaddy thank you!
My parents came from Puerto Rico and I was born and raised is US. Through the years People who claim to be Boricua have said I'm not Boricua because I dont speak Spanish! And I tell them they are not Boricua either because the dont speak Taino!!!
Ay por favor!Bien por ti si te sientes. puertorriqueño.Uno es lo que quiere.Eres norteamericano de ascendencia puertorrique ppueña.Eres bicultural.Soy puertorriqueño.hablo español y mis ancestros son taino.español yafricano.y 100 añoscon los gringo no me hacen sentirme norteamericano.Eres de donde te cries no de donde naces.
The blood that runs through your veins are those of your father that is good enough.Never deny it
and tainos came from south america? whats your point? spanish is part of the puerto rican culture. go fucking learn it
@MIKE TEE. oh stop with the Africa Bullsh!t narrative! Your playing the Columbus lie in the African version! Indian Chiefs were banging drum beats way before Africans even knew the west existed. There are pyramids in the Americas older than the pyramids in Egypt, so go sell your sand somewhere else!
@@UnDeAdSpRaYe Did you teach yourself the language or did you acquire it when you were a child because your parents spoke it to you? It takes an adult 5-7 YEARS of dedication and study of a language to be fully fluent in it. It's not easy.
I feel so grateful to have found you on social media! The work you're doing feels long overdue and is so appreciated ❤️🇵🇷💯
A mi se me salió el pecho de emoción con este trabajo investigativo.
Hay un tukutuku dentro de mi corazón que no puedo controlar por la alegría y felicidad que me causó ver esto💝
Yo me infle de orgullo
Ridículos.
Siii!! Igual para mi! ❤️
@@hoyola1 hahaha... Porque ridiculos? Pues, no todos son Tainos si se refiere a eso. Hay mucha decendencia judia, que muchos no saben tambien. Se ve en mucho en los apellidos.
Thank you for this. Both my mother and father were Puerto Rican born on the island. I was not. My mother did not teach us Spanish for fear that we would be ridiculed for speaking Spanish as she was. I speak a little. If I had to give it a percentage it would be about 40 % or 50%. Knowing my history always been a priority for me. This was great. 😊
I learned spanish on my own and in school...I understand most of it and can speak it fine but I do lament that Ill never have a puerto rican accent in spanish. Wish my family had spoken it more to us growing up, but both my parents and their siblings had a hard time in school when they only spoke spanish at home so I guess they wanted us to not go through those growing pains of not learning english till school.
OMG. Your story is almost like mine. Both parents born in PR, my sisters and I stateside (and overseas, my father was military). My Spanish is the equivalent of an 8yr olds. Lol That's just speaking though. I can read it a lot better, write it some. Growing up I was the translator for my mother. Her English still isn't that great, although she's been in the States for many decades now. I grew up speaking Spanish until age 4-5. Then our father forbid it because he said it would mess us up in school. After that I was speaking Spanglish for a good long while, and eventually the Spanish was mostly dropped except for the times I had to translate for my mother.
@@vianjelos I tried that, but I learned the hard way that the Spanish taught in school (Castillian Spanish) is not the same as Puerto Rican Spanish. I was threatened with failure if I answered any questions in Puerto Rican dialect and not Castillian. I ended up dropping out for two reasons. One, I wanted to learn the PR dialect, not Castillian, but mostly because my teacher who was actually a Spaniard from Spain, let me know unmistakably how much disdain she had for us "impure" Latinos. When she found out I was PR, I got dirty looks and open hostility from her. I wasn't about to subject myself to a whole year of that crap. 😒
Rose always be proud of your heritage , is never late to learn more spanish.
I'm almost 60. First generation of my family to be born in the states. My father didn't allow Spanish. My Ma used some words but not full sentences. I took 2 yrs of Spanish in H.S. but failed. Languages are hard for me to learn. As I got older I worked with Mexicans that I practiced with. It wasn't until I decided to live in PR at age 45 were I got a bit better. Mostly through music with subtitles and an app called Duolingo.
Wow. Thank you for putting this on TH-cam. I never believed the the indigenous people were extinct because you can see it in so many of our people. I always told my mom that her stepmom had strong features of indigenous people. From the color of her skin and features on her face. They were never extinct…they live among all of us in Puerto Rico and the world
Bravo!!! Gracias por visibilizar la comunidad indígena en Borikén.
Bebesito
Gracias por hacer saber al mundo que nunca fuimos extintos y que hemos seguido aqui durante siglos.
🔥🐍🔺️👁🔺️🐍🔥
They are not, my mom is from puertorican Indian and she still very much alive, God bless her and give her like 20 or more years of life, i love you momma... I’m so proud of been her daughter and to be puertorican, so even though I’m light skin I got that Taino in me that I’m never gonna deny... gracias señor por permitirme nacer en una isla tan hermosa y llena de encantos. Que viva 🙌 Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Hi
I am as well and I can relate to exactly what you commented.
Mi sentimentos son iguales.
Gracias Papa Dios por nuestra Isla del Cordelo Boriqueña.
Amo Mi isla del encanto puertoriqueña asta la muerte.
I’m not Puerto Rican but I find these videos so fascinating!
Our indigenous identity cannot be forgotten! Thank you for educating us and helping us connect to our roots!
You can't identify as something that you've never been just because you took a DNA test. Culture is something you experience - not something you test for.
Please keep going. My son just had a report due on Puerto Rico and I was sad that I didn’t have a lot I could share with him. This generation is growing up thinking Bad Bunny represents what PR is when we are so rich in culture we just don’t know how to talk about it!
Thank you I look forward to more content.
LOL at the Bad Bunny comment, I hear ya!
While I was growing up, my Grandparents that raised me, always told me stories of the Tainos in PR. I'm so thirsty for this information. They are our people. My people. Tell me more. I feel like a little girl again, listening to my Abuelito tell me the story of his people.
I couldn’t agree with you more!! Im so eager to hear the proper history of our indigenous ancestors…Our bloodline!
Yes. We can't ever lose touch with that. I wanna learn more about their spirituality as well
Dulce amaya to be fair the Taino blood in Puerto Rico population is less than 10 % . Most Puerto Rican have a lot European and African blood. The Taino is very minimal .
Are you going to start wearing face paint and dancing around fires to pretend to be something you're not?
@@MrSupernova111 what you wanna steal the rest of the land why you worried about it
Growing up I too believed the lie we were taught in school that our people were extinct. Even though I was told that I did have a Taino great grandmother by my mother. I thought she might have been in error, because it was contrary to what the so-called experts were saying. In my 20's I decided to get my DNA tested, and lo and behold there it was, native Caribbean ancestry. That somehow got me into contact and part of a large genetic study of Puerto Rican ancestry, which became irrefutable proof that the Tainos didn't die out at all, Tainos we are, and we are STILL here.....
I love watching your videos and learning more about my culture and about my history. I want to be more Puerto Rican then ever since I found your videos. You inspire me to learn Spanish listen to Spanish music and learn just more in general about Puerto Rico thank you ☺️💕🇵🇷
Its great to read your comment but just understand that this movement is somewhat hypocritical because it seaks out against those very same things you want: language & music not native to PR i.e. the Spanish language & Music from Spain.
I was interviewing a Cazique in NYC and I asked him how did so many of the descendants of the aboriginals survive he answered “We hid in their Blood”
A lot of this actually makes sense. I'm 17% Taino and I think that comes from my maternal grandmother who was from the mountains to the east of Mayaguez. She used a lot of words that were "not proper Spanish". Fascinating video.
I found your post through Instagram. I'm so glad I did. We need more videos and content like this. We need more investigations into our past and our beginnings. It's so fascinating to me, everytime I hear or see something regarding Taino heritage I feel such a strong pull to find out more...almost as if it's calling for me. Thank you for this!
Es cuestion de salir y hablar con nusstros viejos en el campo y en las montañas porque con los americanos al mando no obtendremos nada.
@@beautifulbutterfly140 no solo eso es que nos cambiaron la historia a como les dio la gana. Yo lo recuerdo clarito "no tenemos recursos no podemos y nos morimos de hambre" por favor. Con lo talentosos que somos.
@MIKE TEE. I am not so sure you are correct...africans arrived as slaves indigenous tribes populated the americas long before that.
@MIKE TEE. Taínos travel from Venezuela & Colombia to
Puerto Rico. From Puerto Rico to Cuba. And from Cuba to Florida. Maybe that is why some people would have said what you previously mention.
In terms in Culture in PR
( If you ware reffering to the island) Africans contributed to so much. From language to food and dances. We love our culture. Witch mean we are more than proud of our race.
Btw,
Please stay Safe during this pandemic and holidays .
@@beautifulbutterfly140 That's not what MIKE TEE is trying to say . He's a psuedo fake ABO trying to steal Taino & Puerto Rican history. They do this all the time. However, there's groups of people out there that are specifically Black American claiming to be the first Tainos, the first Olmecs, the first Aztecs etc. And downplaying the middle passage slave trade. They're claiming the Tainos, the Olmecs, Aztecs etc were African and that they were already here. And that the slave trade never happened or claiming very little slaves were brought to the Americas. Which is lies. Ignore him...
My feeling is that yes, we still carry Taino and NiTaino blood but with the European and African co-mingling the indigenous has blood has become lessened with time....
not really a good thing it a remender of the dark past
Our DNA is surprisingly intact.
Yup.
0.0% de "Taino" in me. Zero. De indio, nada.
Oh I have some North African (7%), but everyone with Mediterranean roots, whether Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Greece..., all have North African. In the Mediterranean everyone shares DNA.
@@drinksnapple8997 your point?
Thank you for being an Honest reliable person of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Thank you so much for this video. My mother is indegenous Boricua and she has always showed us this way of life though it conflicts with society today. As an adult, I never really understood the importance of my ethnic background until I found out I was indegenous Boricua too. Today, I want to learn everything from language, food, art, traditions, culture. My grandfather left Puerto Rico in the 50’s... my grandmother passed and I have never visited. I would love to visit Puerto Rico one day to get in touch with my roots. I know I’ll cry when I land.. it’s a dream of mine.. keep producing more videos in English and Spanish! I am watching from South Florida! Thank you!,
Sam
The land will speak to you........do not ask me why......I believe the DNA of a people that lived so long is in the land...and that DNA speaks..
You won't happen to know from what town they were?
When I was a kid, I remember my grandma used to ask me to sweep the "Batey". Meaning the patio, in Taino language... I'll never forget that....
Great work, I hope to see more of what you have to offer, as a boriqua who’s family moved from the island during childhood and has always felt a deep connection to the island I find this to be of a healing nature and a point of connection with my people that I so deeply miss
this is incredible!! in DR we also use “chinchin”, I thought that was a slang!! can you talk more about this and could you include other countries in the Caribbean?
Cuba, especially the oriental part of Cuba.
I believe there is an El Yunque in Cuba. Look up the video on YT the last Indians in Cuba
it is slang, I don't know wtf this dude talking about lol
Dame
Chin chin. Un poquito
As someone of both Spanish and indigenous Taino ancestry, I've struggled in the past with the thought of being someone from a dead or dying culture who seemingly adopts the culture of the colonizer. Thank you for your reporting and showing us that the indigenous culture continues to live on among the broader Puerto Rican culture and is not forgotten. I think doing this kind of work helps to build that community which Mr. Báez described. I wonder what else can we do to build that community? How can we make sure that the indigenous culture is treated with respect without having to bear the indignity of being treated as a lower form of the culture (i.e.: indigenous words as "slang")? Also, I'd be interested in receiving your posts in Spanish if possible. Thx ✌️
Many puerto ricans already know the information contained in this video and I’m surprised that so many don’t. My family has been talking about this for as long as I can remember. My grandmother has told me stories of when she was a little girl in quebradillas, Puerto Rico there were still tainos living in bohios and that they grew many indigenous crops like yucca and malanga. They would sell these crops in town.
@@GianniAzul3609 😍😍😍
Me gustaría saber mas😢😭
Soy de carolina btw
@@GianniAzul3609 my maternal family is from Hatillo P.R., and through the yrs I've also heard many similar stories from elder relatives of mine, sadly they have all passed. I have done my best to try to teach these and other info I've stumbled upon to my daughter and the young generations.
@@yankeeed15pr it is getting loss...we need establish a real work process to officialize this findings ...like establish in each municipality an office to gather in writing the word of mouth. Take pictures of those that are positive of their heritage.
Yes its very wrong to imagine indigenous words being slang. A whole lot of the brazilian portuguese dictionary would be missing. That being said, these people aren't indigenous, but descendants of european and indigenous peoples
I love this! I am of Dominican heritage and I have a fascination with the Tainos because we use Taino words every day. Thanks for this!
Puerto Ricans and Dominicans come from the same tribe (Awarack) that fractured (split) in the Caribbean. We (Puerto Ricans) refer to Dominicans as our brothers/sisters of the Caribbean.
Whether in English or Spanish, this is fascinating! Please keep digging and produce more “indigenous boricua” content!
Thanks for posting this, our history is fascinating. It’s also sad how much is not taught to us, on the island and for those of us who grew up in the states. I’m learning more about Puerto Rican history so I can teach it to the next generation of Boricuas. So that they know who Ramón Emeterio Betances, Pedro Albizu Campos, and Filiberto Ojeda Ríos see. Thank you for your work. You are inspiring others in learning about our history.
Well lm confuse cause my DNA is 4o percent Spain lo percent French so what the heck we got everything on us Europe African and god knows what else almost all my family got green blue light brown and black eyes but the most are green eyes l don't know what to think anymore confuse as hell
You're doing a fabulous job I'm an American Puerto Rican but I was educated by Eduardo Pancho Cruz Lopez he was a Puerto Rican activist in the states and I had the pleasure of being educated by him and being around him for 15 years before he passed. what you're doing is just great there's a lot of young Puerto Ricans that don't know our history and the Puerto Ricans in the state has to make money to buy our land back so these other people and incorporation don't take our land❤ Gos bless you. Good work ❤
My mother, her father (my grandfather) and all of his siblings are all native-looking, so to speak. I know we are Taíno, proudly🇵🇷🇵🇷
I blame the educational system in PR for teaching us that taínos were extinct due to slavery and sickness. I got an ancestry dna test and I’m 17% Native American. Taíno blood and proud of it! Also, it would be nice to have subtitles in Spanish on your videos. Thank you for your videos.
Is basically depend on whats school you go cuz in my old school never teach us that tainos went extinct. Plus we even dress like tainos african or spaniars, to teach us our past, even knew tainos instruments same with the others cultures. We are have a mix of culture.
Naw I think they should have subtitles in Taino honestly. 😉
My heart bursts of joy. In your Spanish channel I posted about my grandma from my mothers side and oh my lord, what joy i feel to see that everything she does is inheritance of our natives❤. Keep doing more research please and I've subscribed to both channels. Boricuas para siempre que orgullo 🥰🇵🇷.
Im ecuadorian and proud of it, keep the traditions.
The elders passing down of knowledge and story’s is more true than history books, keep telling your children the truth we are still here, Native Pride! I’m not Taino but I’m Absoroke tribe from the states, my cousin is half Puerto Rican and she taught me about Tainos when we were kids, because her papa taught her. Our grandma made sure we knew out native roots growing up too. Blessings to the Taino people keep the culture alive bring it back strong rep your ancestors, for what they went through they deserve that.
I am of Puerto Rican Origin, My Mother and Father both come from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from the Mountanous Region, which is Close to the Town of Láres, Puerto Rico. My Grandfather from my Mother´s side is of Taíno Blood and my Mother has his Features. I Emplore all of our Puerto Rican Brothers and Sisters to Learn about our History and all of what it Contains, since this is Proof to the World that we still Exist. I am very Proud to have these Genes and be Able to show the World our Culture and what we have to Offer. Never forget Our Roots and Our Language. Puerto Rico is a Jewel of an Island, with Great Knowledge and Culture. Let our Heritage keep Living on. Que Siémpre Víva nuestra Isla Borínquen, Que Víva Puerto Rico Siémpre!
Thank you for posting this video a lot of PR don’t know/believe Taíno’s still exist.
Love the history lesson good for our youth because the school system and books say we were extinct.
TAÍNO 🇵🇷
I love this video and the information and studies you've done to spread the knowledge of our people. You are extremely talented, never give up! I would also like for you to do a video on Tainos traditional tattoos. I think it would be an amazing topic!
Just came to say I’m glad I found your channel . My father is black and my mother is Puerto Rican and I recently got my ancestry test sent back to me and it said ( 8.5 percent indigenous Puerto Rican ) so I’ve been on a quest to learn more about all the things I am,
I already had a strong love and passion for my culture. This solidified that love for a part of my ancestry. I was always taught about my European side but this opened up my eyes on the native side of my family.
My ancestry results were 38 percent Spaniard, 31 percent Portuguese, 29 percent indigenous Puerto Rican and the rest from Nigeria and Cameron and Bantu peoples. Also 1 percent indigo Colombian and Venezuela. My parents are both Puerto Rican.
I'm not trying to knock you but you know those DNA tests are a bunch of BS right.? They're not accurate people can't text you and find your genetics now if you're talking about they can swap your parents DNA and swap yours they could test those genetics to see if you're related which is testing you to figure out what you have inside you that's impossible they're not that there yet they do that to every person depending on your region
Like where you're from like if I was going to take a test and I'm from America do give me some stupid genetics and not knowing my grandma's Puerto Rican and I consider myself Puerto Rican because of her but I tell people not to mislead people that I'm more American I'm mixed and I know that I'm or I got a little Puerto Rican in me just how I act and how I get along with other Puerto Ricans and Justice Panic people and I act just like they do I'm really sweet and nice but I'm crazy as well. It's just something with Puerto Ricans I just know that they're my people not because a lot of them have more black in them and we're related in that aspect just because personality and the way I act
"Spaniard" and "Portuguese" is exactly the same. Iberian Peninsula. Heck at one time they were the same country!!!
@@drinksnapple8997 LMAO his math doesn't even check out.....
Your research is outstanding and very informative. You are a great teacher and journalist.
I was never told by anyone in my family that we were extinguished... EVER
Thank you for putting out there this priceless information that even many boricuas “puertorricans” ignore.
Lo llevamos en la sangre... es nuestro legado indígena.
I am from Europe (Finland), and I also have been told that there really is no indigenous people to speak of in the Caribbean. Thank you for the video! :)
As a Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 and learning from my family from the island because my mother moved us to usa... there is so much I have learn. And I support you in this.
We are Tainos. Who said Tainos were extinct? It's in our DNA. We still exist. What we say is there is no longer a 100% Taíno DNA person any longer. I had no idea they were saying that Taínos were extinct.
Yeap. In elementary school they start teaching us that Taínos are extinct but they live through us because we carry the gens. They know a bit about taínos believes but the culture and practices from them got lost so I guess that also helped to the believe of extinction. They show us some drawings and words from the taínos, their meanings and how some words we still use in our daily basis. But like she say, a lot of other words and expressions we use daily that people consider are a "slang language" we have no idea were actually taíno "I guess our teachers don't know neither". This video is very refreshing. I wish they could find people with higher and higher taíno gens. I know a family that I've always say they most have taíno blood like no other. One specifically is medium dark skin, yet black straight hair, but the descendants from this family have in common their face features. Very similar to the way artists described taínos in their drawings.
Yeap.
I remember visiting the Tribes Indigenous Ceremonial Center in Ponce back in 1998. They were trying to tell us that all indigenous Puerto Ricans died and the "indigenous looking Puerto Ricans" only looked that way because they were descendents of the Moors or Africans. My grandmother would shake her head and say "that's not true."
The irony was the guy who was telling us that looked indigenous himself!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibes_Indigenous_Ceremonial_Center
@@philpetrucci5569 My 2nd uncle wife is from that area , Tibes , Ponce . Her nickname is " India " due to her appearance .
The best example of an indigenous Boricua is the narrator, Bianca Graulau.
This is fascinating. I did not even know about this either. I’m proud that people are doing the job in reviving the real identity of puertorricans. Thank you for doing good content about PR!
You can't revive an extinct culture. You can only reimagine it and at that point its no longer the original culture.
@@MrSupernova111 Why exactly are you getting so upset about this?
@@richarddoe5674 . Why exactly are you bothering me?
@@MrSupernova111 Bro, if you're getting this pissed off about people ravishing in their heritage, I'm willing to wager pretty much everything bothers you.
@@richarddoe5674 . Did I say I was "pissed off?" Only in your small brain anyone who disagrees with you is "pissed off."
Love to see other people from my generation with interest in their ancestors and roots, lo partiste🖤
Thank you. Please keep up the work. It is important we pass our heritage and history on to our children. Bless
Thank you for this. I was born and raised in PR, and moved to the US at age 16 because my family decided to move. I’ve always felt homesick, but I’ve always felt connected to my indigenous side more than anything, yet is hard to be acknowledged as someone of indigenous descent sometimes even by other indigenous communities in the Americas because everyone’s been told Tainos were all killed. I understand there might possibly not be any 100% pure Tainos left. But the percentage of Taino in our blood doesn’t matter. The culture is left, hidden by colonization, but it’s there for those who seek it.
What an honor to witness that ceremony! And the part about the language is fascinating. Great work 👏🏼
I love that you did these in English because all of my friends are so interested in my culture and roots….these are a great way for me to share and supplement the stories I share with them.
Soy Boricua y orgulloso de serlo. Mi DNA confirma que tengo 15% genetica indigena, pero tambien estoy muy orgulloso de mi herencia africana (24% genetica) y mi herencia europea (61 %) Por esto no puedo enfatizar solo un grupo de los tres sino celebrar lo que soy la union de todos ellos en uno. Cuando digo soy orgulloso de ser Boricua hablo de mi herencia completa, no solo de mi herencia indigena. Creo que la mayoria de los Boricuas pensamos asi.
Asiiii, asi se habla. creo q ella esta empujando una agenda rara.
Hello I am of fair skin and green eyes. I had a DNA test and I'm 20 percent native it was a very pleasant surprise i also have 10 percent African the rest is European and Asian. We the PuertoRicans are unique. I'm very proud of my heritage
Im dark skin. .am half european. And the other half 2 Tainos tribe 2 African tribes + more.
Lol liar
@@ChromeMan04 you want to see my ADN text? Im yo old to lie.plus Am fear God. Plus Am have to proof you nothi g..
@@mariamaceira7037 u have NO Taino blood ur a larper, ur nothing much Spanish and African
@@ChromeMan04 I. Dont care.
Excelente. Nosotros, la diáspora boricua, valoramos tus investigaciones. Busca el pueblo de Morovis, el barrio Barahona, en donde existen 23 cuevas inexploradas, y una de las comunidades Taínas más extensas de PR. Respira el aire puro….toca la tierra fértil…habla con nuestra gente. Será una experiencia invaluable. Mucho éxito!
My parents and I did an ancestry tests recently. My Dad's family is in Cayey and Caimito, he is 16% Indigenous. Made sense since it is mountainous, where indigenous peoples might have escaped to. My Mom is from Carolina and 9% indigenous. I am 12% indigenous. Exactly the areas your interviewees describe. Boriken blood is alive in our island.
@Robert VC which DNA did you use? what company? thanks!
@@aracelisgonzalez-reyes - I used AncestryDNA since we already had an Ancestry account and Ancestry will connect you with more familiar matches. But 23andMe has similar information/breakdown. There are several YT videos comparing results between the two companies.
@@RobertoVCVideos I got 16% indigenous through ancestry too. Though I don't know where part of my family is from exactly. I know some are from Sabana Grande and the adjacent areas.
@@sarcasticdevil7679 - That is really high! I think there is not enough information/study to make specific determinations on which area or specific Taino/Carib/Arawak groups in PR our DNA represents. I know most of my family from my Father's side are "jibaros" and have lived between Bayamon, Cayey and Caimito since the early 1850's, and knowing now that Tainos escaped to the mountains, it makes perfect sense that there was a lot of mixing with Criollos. All this is extremely exciting!
I don't know why this is supposed to be strange since it's common knowledge that there was intermingling going on.
My name is Héctor Anayá. I am of the cacicado of Guamaní. I assure you, we’re far from dead…
Thanks for the video. Keep up the great work.
A Taino that speaks perfect English. Interesting.
@@MrSupernova111 - Or rather can type grammatically perfect English. Yes, according to tests conducted at the Johnson O’Connor institute in NYC my English comprehension is in the 98 percentile and my IQ is 180. Go figure. Not bad for a second language right. What other languages do you speak besides Troll?
@@tainopr4356 . I don't know what yourIQ has to do with your ability to speak English as billions of people speak more than one language. If you were so clever you know that the Taino people and culture are long gone and you would leave history in the past where it belongs.
Yo hablo Espanol perfecto pero no tengo un teclado para escribir en espanol. Por eso preferio hablar en Ingles. Parlo anche un po' di italiano. E tu?
My great grandma always said she was Taina. She practiced traditional medicine by growing herbs according to Taino tradition. She tried to instill Taino pride in my dad, who then tried to instill it in me. But I was always taught that the Taínos went extinct, and therefore believed that my great grandma and my dad were mistaken.
Then I did a DNA test.
To find out that I indeed had indigenous Taino blood was mind-blowing. Great grandma always knew. And know I want to learn about my Taíno heritage, but I don’t know how. The colonizers did a good job at erasing so much of our history, but I feel comforted by the fact that we’re STILL here.
Im 18 years old, and I've always been interested in my taíno heritage. I see how we almost completely ignore the rich culture we once had as taínos. But now i see that not everything is lost. Thank you for this video. Very insightful.
Sería muy bueno q este video tenga sub en español para el q no sepa inglés y aprenda mucho más de nuestra hermosa isla de Puertos Rico 🇵🇷👍
Correcto
Crack open a book. They still can be found in libraries. They have sources and references that you can verify to insure you get the real info. The internet, specially social media is in no way a credible source of much. You can also get them from the internet if you must but be wary it is not safe in here.
I was born in New York from Puerto Rican parents. I'm 61 and fascinated by your work and want to learn more about this indigenous history. Thank you very much for sharing.
Puertoricans have such a difficult problem admitting that they are mainly of European ancestry. They would rather cling on to Indigenous heritage then African, which most of us actually have more African. This is just so silly. The majority of the population is white lol.
You are wonderful thanks for teaching a Canadian the truth of Puerto Rico.❤️
I am half Puerto Rican myself. My dad is American of Scottish-Irish ancestry, and my Puerto Rican is obviously a mix of Spaniard, Basque, and Taino Indian. In October, I am planning to go back to Puerto Rico in October for a visit...
Muchas gracias por este reportaje, estaría bien chevere que todos pudiéramos convivir y pensar en el colectivo así como lo hacían nuestros ancestros.
@Raul Vazquez Si supieras lo cerca que estan los pueblos que tienen origenes y tradiciones comunes de encontrarse y crear con mucho amor el motor para el impulso de colectividades para la atencion comunal con conviccion de union. Los tiempos señalan que la madurez necesaria se esta alcanzando con el despertar de las inquietudes acerca de como rehacer nuestro futuro en un mundo cambiante.
Impresionante, ni idea que todas esas palabras que he usado toda mi vida son indigeneas. Gracias por el reportaje
Como huracan es Taino y tambien los nombres de muchos pueblos son nombres Tainos como Guaynabo, Humacao,Mayaguez,Caguas,Guayama y a ver cuantos mas hay
@@boringopr4369 Arasibo (Arecibo), Yuisa (Loiza), Canobana (Canovanas), Jayuya (Hayuya), Otoao (Utuado), Loquillo/Yoquibo (Luquillo), Comerio, Naguabo, Orocobix (Orocovis) entre otros, sin contar el sinnumero de barrios en toda la isla.
@@Schrodingers_Raikou exacticamente👍
@darkeagle asi mesmo👍
@MIKE TEE. Yes sir we all know that or at least most of know that DNA doesn't lie and we humans evolved over time in to what we are today so since we are talking about the evolved indigenous people of this area there's no need for you with all do respect to remind us about our ancient ancestors have beautiful day Mike Tee👍
Thank you for sharing this. My Dad was just telling me about this recently. I am so greatfull to find your page. I am look to learn about our culture as I am Puerto Rican.
All truths come to light, after centuries of oppression people are finally see us for who we are.
Centuries? Who's oppressing you?
This is something I had a conversation with my mother about a week ago. She literally went ‘pfft’, and dismissed the Eurocentric theory that Taino a went completely extinct. She said, “Eso es also que sabe todo el mundo en la isla.” Translation: “This is something everyone in the island knows.” My family is from the campo, derived from one of the oldest families in P.R. And we are definitely mixed with Taino, you can just tell by looking at us. I’m so proud that our indigenous heritage is receiving more shine because that part of our history has been obscured for way too long. 🇵🇷
GOD BLESS YOUR MOVEMENT HERMANA. MAY GOD BLESS YOU HIGHLY FOR PRESERVING OUR RACE! #BORRIQUAN✊🏾🌺🔥
Viví mi niñez en Lares, y mi bisabuela me contaba sobre su papa que era curandero. Ella era Taína, su rostro, su risa y manera de hablar lo decían todo. Estoy agradecida de todavía hablar como una jibara y de tener sangre Taína!
Who would have thought that what is considered “Jibaro” words is actually a representation of our native tongue. Thank you for this information.
Thank you for the excellent educational video. Your narrative style and beauty makes my heart glow with warmth. Your videos are all info packed with true facts.
Peace & Love 💕🌸
Ok. Thank you for making these videos! I am learning a lot about my culture. I was born and raised in the Bronx but my family is Puerto Rican. Parents and grandparents were born on the island. I am now living in Japan but still hoping to connect with my island somehow. Lots of Japanese people really enjoy the Puerto Rican culture and music and I can now find things to teach them about thanks to these videos!
In the south of DR, I hear similar stories of Native American survival.
I'm a "Puerto Rican" that grew up in Los Angeles CA. I'm indigenous brown and consider myself 100% indigenous. To hell with their DNA. We are what's left of our indigenous ancestors. It's up to us to assert our indigenous rights. Having been here not coming from anywhere else.
Thats not how genetics work but OK im sure you are way more european than taino like 90% of puerto ricans
Salute to my Taino brothers in PR. From a Nicaraguan.
Taino brothers? Do they live in a cave an dance around a fire at night? How are they Tainos?