This is a list of known Taínos, some of which were ''caciques'' (male and female
tribal chief
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Tribe
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s). Their names are in ascending alphabetical order and the table may be re-sorted by clicking on the arrows in the column header cells.
The
Taínos were the
indigenous inhabitants of the
Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the a ...
,
Greater Antilles
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, and some of the
Lesser Antilles
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– especially in
Guadeloupe,
Dominica and
Martinique
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. The Taínos ("Taíno" means "relatives"), unlike the
Caribs (who practiced regular raids on other groups), were peaceful seafaring people and distant relatives of the
Arawak
The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of northern South America and of the Caribbean. Specifically, the term "Arawak" has been applied at various times to the Lokono of South America and the Taíno, who historically lived in the Greate ...
people of South America.
Taíno society was divided into two classes: ''Nitainos'' (nobles) and the ''Naborias'' (commoners). Both were governed by chiefs known as ''caciques'', who were the maximum authority in a ''Yucayeque'' (village). The chiefs were advised by priest-healers known as ''Bohiques'' and the ''Nitaynos'', which is how the elders and warriors were known.
This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. Anyone can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
See also
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List of Notable Puerto Ricans
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List of Notable Cubans
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List of Notable Dominicans (Dominican Republic)
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List of Notable Haitians
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List of Notable Bahamians
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List of Notable Jamaicans
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Taínos
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Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center
The Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center ( es, Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes) in Sector La Vega de Taní, Barrio Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico, houses one of the most important archaeological discoveries made in the Antilles. The discovery p ...
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