Taíno

The Taíno were the Indigenous peoples in most of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas. Their culture has been continued today by their descendants and by Taíno revivalist communities. They were the first New World peoples encountered by non-Norse Europeans. Part of the Arawak group of Indigenous peoples in the Americas, the Taíno are also referred to as Island Arawaks or Antillean Arawaks.

Arawakan language; the principal language throughout the Caribbean at the time of Spanish contact

Tainos tribes in Hispaniola

thumb|Macana club used by Indigenous Amazon rainforest|Amazonians The term macana, of Taíno origin, refers to various wooden weapons used by the various native cultures of Central and South America. These weapons were referred to as a hadzab or hats'ab in Yucatecan Mayan.

indigenous historic site in Ponce municipality, Puerto Rico

1493–1550 genocide

series of caves in Dominican Republic