Everyone's Blog Posts - Indigenous Caribbean Network2024-03-19T06:00:09Zhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?xn_auth=noUnited We Are Moretag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2024-03-12:2030313:BlogPost:2435182024-03-12T17:52:14.000ZDaniel Crespo - Montero Srhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/DanielCrespoMonteroSr
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<p><strong>Yuisa From Boríke</strong>(<em><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Puerto Rico</span></em>) <strong>Cacique Chief of the Tainos</strong>.</p>
<p>The river named after this lady is incorrectly named "<em>Loíza</em> River". It was near her "<strong>Rancherio</strong>" = <em>a small Indian settlement</em> or "<strong>Yukayeke</strong>" = "<em>Village</em>" called "<strong>Haymanio</strong>". Both names were Spaniarized and changed to "<strong><em>Loíza</em></strong>" adding the…</p>
<p><strong>Yuisa From Boríke</strong>(<em><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Puerto Rico</span></em>) <strong>Cacique Chief of the Tainos</strong>.</p>
<p>The river named after this lady is incorrectly named "<em>Loíza</em> River". It was near her "<strong>Rancherio</strong>" = <em>a small Indian settlement</em> or "<strong>Yukayeke</strong>" = "<em>Village</em>" called "<strong>Haymanio</strong>". Both names were Spaniarized and changed to "<strong><em>Loíza</em></strong>" adding the [<em><strong>í</strong></em>] in the center for [<strong><em>Loíz</em>_</strong>] and removing [<strong style="font-style: italic;">Yu</strong><em><strong>i</strong><strong>s</strong></em>_] instead of "<strong>Yuisa</strong>" and "<em>Jaymanio</em>" removing the [<strong>H</strong>] for easy vision and pronunciation in Spanish since the [<strong>H</strong>] in Arawak sounds like a [<strong><em>J</em></strong>]. The actual name is '<strong>Haymanio</strong>". <br/>In 1509 she was encomended to Juan Cerón. Encomending indigenous people was a way to steal lands and have free slaves, another word for encomienda is <strong>SLAVERY</strong>. Its meaning is: "<strong>Encomienda </strong>- <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in islands and America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area</em></span>". <br/>In <strong>1509</strong> <strong>Yuisa</strong> and her people were forced to work in the farms of S. A., which included the banks of the Toa River. Most people Don't even know why this woman was a leader and was put in a high position. The name they keep butchering is <strong>Yuisa</strong>. <br/><strong>Yuisa</strong> in her period of power was loved by her people. In the name <strong>Yuisa</strong>, you find the meaning sitting inside of it: "<strong><em>The people's way</em></strong>" In Spanish is: "<strong>El Camino del Pueblo</strong>" = [<strong>Yu</strong>=<strong><em>gente</em></strong>/<em>people</em>] [<strong>i</strong>=<strong><em>como</em></strong>-<em>like</em>] [<strong>sa</strong>=<em>puerta</em> o <em><strong>camino</strong></em>/<em>door</em> or <em><strong>way</strong></em>]. Each of these words is an -affix-. In [<strong>Yu</strong>], this can mean the color White, but the rest tells what the meaning is [<strong>i</strong>=<em>like</em>], and in the -affix- [<strong>sa</strong>=<strong>way</strong>, <em>door</em> or a <em>portal door</em>] as in "<strong>Sa</strong><em>mani</em> <em>the girl who spoke to the ancestors using the river water as a portal door</em>".</p>
<p>If you are wondering this can mean "<em><strong>like the white door</strong></em>". You have to put yourself in the period. There were no doors in huts [<strong>bohibe</strong>=<strong>houses</strong>] only a way to walk in or out this makes no need for the color white and now you know that they were referring to her as the path for the people. Only people could walk through the <em>path</em><strong>way</strong>. This name gives us a glimpse of the admiration the people had for her. Indigenous people would give names to their chosen leaders with affection. </p>
<p>To understand you must throw yourself into that period of Kings and queens when they married was usually to keep the peace between their people and when the invaders came in plain sight did their butchery without holding back to show power over them. Blacks and indigenous people endured humiliations and were still being separated, and enslaved for sales of both blacks and indigenous. <strong>Yuisa</strong> as a defeated leader had no choice but to make a deal of marriage to keep the peace the Spaniards chose someone they thought the indigenous people would relate with <strong><em>Pedros Mejius a mix - Spanish</em> <em>and black</em> conqueror </strong>and to her people was considered a betrail since there was most likely no change to their treatment. This made her people think she was a traitor and they turned on her and they killed her. </p>
<p><br/><strong>Yuisa</strong>, her name continued throughout time because it seemed to know the nature of who she was. Her name tells the fate of both her and the people. The name seems to me to represent the door to either freedom or enslavement and like her, I imagine no way out, either way, death was imminent.</p>
<p></p>TAINO LIBRARYtag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2024-02-09:2030313:BlogPost:2434562024-02-09T16:37:37.000ZElba Watuyananihttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/ElbaTainoLibrary
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<h2 class="preFade fadeIn" style="text-align: center;"><strong>INDIGENOUS BOOKS</strong><br/> <a href="https://www.tainolibrary.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12377503094?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center"/></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE TO READ FREE BOOKS!</em></span></h2>Solsticio Diciembre ... December Solstice Miami 2023tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-12-24:2030313:BlogPost:2417972023-12-24T07:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>De nuevo tuve el honor de oficiar la ceremonia del Solsticio de Diciembre en la ciudad de Miami, Florida como en años pasados.</p>
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<p>I again had the honor of conducting the December Solstice ceremony in Miami Florida as in years past…</p>
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<p>De nuevo tuve el honor de oficiar la ceremonia del Solsticio de Diciembre en la ciudad de Miami, Florida como en años pasados.</p>
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<p>I again had the honor of conducting the December Solstice ceremony in Miami Florida as in years past</p>
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<p>Nos acompañaron hermanos y hermanas taínos que viven en el área, y también amigos y amigas de otras etnias hermanas, indígenas y no-indigenas.</p>
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<p>We were joined by Taino brothers and sisters who live in the area, and also other relatives from various other Indigenous nations as well as non-indigenous relatives.</p>
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<p>Celebramos el ritual del Sol Radiante y la Danza del Tiburón.</p>
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<p>We celebrated the Radiant Sun ritual, as well as the Shark Dance.</p>
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<p>Al fin de la ceremonia se llevó a cabo el ritual del amarre, através del cual unimos el cemi trigonolito de Yokahu moribundo que representa el alma de nuestra divinidad masculina en su papel de héroe sacrificado al aro lítico de Atabey. La mujer que hizo el papel de Atabey durante la ceremonia aguantó el aro lítico en forma ovoide que representa el útero materno de la madre cósmica. El hombre que representó a Yokahu colocó el cemi trigonolito en la superficie exterior del aro y yo amarre los dos objetos sagrados uno al otro. Así celebramos el hecho que en este momento del año el alma moribunda de Yokahu se une de nuevo al útero de Atabey para allí gestar hasta el día 21 de Marzo cuando de nuevo renace el señor de la yuca.</p>
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<p>At the end of the ceremony we carried out the ritual of tying, via which we join together the three-point cemi of the dead or dormant Yokahu, who represents the soul of our male divinity in his role as a sacrificed hero to the stone hoop of Atabey. The woman who played the role of Atabey during this ceremony held the ovoid-shaped stone hoop that represents the uterus of Atabey in her hands. The man that played the role of Yokahu placed the three-point cemi on the surface of the hoop and I tied the two together. In this way we celebrated the fact that at this point in the yearly cycle the dormant soul of Yokahu reaches the womb of the cosmic mother after having died at Autumn Equinox, and having reached her womb he will gestate there until his eventual rebirth at Spring Equinox in March.</p>
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<p>Que agradecido me siento de haber tenido la oportunidad de compartir estos momentos tan sagrados con estas personas tan bellas. Le doy las gracias a Yokahu, a Atabey y a todos los que se unieron a nosotros en Women's Park este Sábado pasado. Hahom (gracias) y Seneko Kakona (bendiciones abundantes).</p>
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<p>How grateful I feel to have been given the opportunity to share the sacred moments with these beautiful people. I thank Yokahu, Atabey and all of those who joined us at Women's Park this past Saturday. Hahom (thank you) and Seneko Kakona (abundant blessings).</p>
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<p>I'm excited about a prayer song that celebrates all Taíno women. Sally from "AMR Fan Club" sent me a sample cover album of the single from AMR of "<strong>Full Moon Ceremony</strong>". I guess is coming out on the actual full moon day on Dec 26. I'm waiting to see if she will put up the translated video too. I like to put it in my collection to share.…<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12332968859?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12332968859?profile=RESIZE_710x"></img></a></p>
<p>I'm excited about a prayer song that celebrates all Taíno women. Sally from "AMR Fan Club" sent me a sample cover album of the single from AMR of "<strong>Full Moon Ceremony</strong>". I guess is coming out on the actual full moon day on Dec 26. I'm waiting to see if she will put up the translated video too. I like to put it in my collection to share.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12332968859?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12332968859?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center"/></a></p>Ancestros Envueltostag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-10-26:2030313:BlogPost:2415212023-10-26T16:00:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Desde hace años, algunas personas han creído que las imágenes de figuras humanas envueltas como bultos como las que se muestran en estas fotos representan a niños envueltos en pañales. Muchos taínos actuales todavía llaman a estas imágenes "guaili" usando la palabra taína para "niño". Sin embargo, el antropólogo…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Desde hace años, algunas personas han creído que las imágenes de figuras humanas envueltas como bultos como las que se muestran en estas fotos representan a niños envueltos en pañales. Muchos taínos actuales todavía llaman a estas imágenes "guaili" usando la palabra taína para "niño". Sin embargo, el antropólogo Peter Roe ha demostrado que en realidad se trata de imágenes de antepasados venerados que han cruzado la frontera y que los animalitos o figuras antropomórficas que se representan en la parte superior de sus cabezas son en realidad el espíritu guardián de la persona fallecida. Roe señaló que está bien documentado que nuestros antepasados taínos solían envolver a sus muertos en sus propias hamacas, en otras palabras, la persona muerta pasaría la eternidad durmiendo en la misma hamaca en la que solía dormir mientras estaba viva. En el Círculo Espiritual Caney entendemos que el entierro de una persona envuelta en su corvejón era el primero de una larga serie de pasos utilizado por nuestros antepasados para tratar el cadaver del difunto. El cuerpo fue enterrado envuelto en su propia hamaca. Luego, más tarde, los restos fueron desenterrados después de que toda la carne se hubiera descompuesto. Los huesos se limpiaban y a veces se incineraban y finalmente lo que quedaba se ponía en una calabaza para colgar de las vigas de la casa con cuerdas o se enterraba en un cuenco de barro debajo de la casa, o ambas cosas. Es la imagen del ancestro envuelto que se representa en estos petroglifos, con las piernas flexionadas y los brazos abrazando el pecho.</span></p>Sobada Maya: The Belly, 5 Inner Gods and the Immortal Self-Truthtag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-10-15:2030313:BlogPost:2416032023-10-15T11:28:11.000ZRandy Eadyhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/RandyEady
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Maya experience is one of the <b><u>select & preparatory</u></b> <em>primers for the psyche </em>(for Ayahuasca) delivered via a "multi-sensory promise in a box". </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sensik is actually a sensory reality pod to sit in & totally immerse in a mixed and virtual experience, augmenting headset visuals w/a set of exterior wind, light, scent, heat, haptics sense simulators - or, as founder Fred Galstaun puts it,…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Maya experience is one of the <b><u>select & preparatory</u></b> <em>primers for the psyche </em>(for Ayahuasca) delivered via a "multi-sensory promise in a box". </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sensik is actually a sensory reality pod to sit in & totally immerse in a mixed and virtual experience, augmenting headset visuals w/a set of exterior wind, light, scent, heat, haptics sense simulators - or, as founder Fred Galstaun puts it, "full sensory symphonies." </span></p>
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<p><b>THE SENSORY REALITY POD (SRP)</b><span> </span>synchronizes audio-visual and vibro-acoustics (haptics) with scent, temperature, air flow, taste and light frequencies.</p>
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<p>By stimulating all senses simultaneously and enmeshing them as a biometric harmonious integral, holistic experience*, your brain is engaged to develop, formulate and retinue these experiences in a cascade of sensory sensations throughout your body.</p>
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<p>The<span> </span><b><font size="4"><i>SRP</i></font></b><span> </span>is a multi-sensory experience cabin, accompanied by a portable platform for really feeling as if you are sensorially immersed in the experience.</p>
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<p>*<u>Shown above</u>: image on left Sensik's<b><i><span> </span>Mayan Experience </i></b></p>
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<p>More Deets: <a href="https://iactor.ning.com/profiles/blogs/virtual-presence-cybertherapeutic-benefit-of-digitally-delighting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://iactor.ning.com/profiles/blogs/virtual-presence-cybertherapeutic-benefit-of-digitally-delighting</a></p>Prayer of the Butterfliestag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-10-13:2030313:BlogPost:2415042023-10-13T20:24:37.000ZRon Sharkyhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/RonSharky
<p>This second indigenous celebration prayer song from Angel is so nice to see and hear. Oracledruid, what is the meaning to the cover? Is there anything you can reveal? <a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12255240685?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12255240685?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p>This second indigenous celebration prayer song from Angel is so nice to see and hear. Oracledruid, what is the meaning to the cover? Is there anything you can reveal? <a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12255240685?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12255240685?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center"/></a></p>Speaking of Esoteric Symbolism: Deer Powertag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-09-21:2030313:BlogPost:2414752023-09-21T12:26:19.000ZRandy Eadyhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/RandyEady
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<div class="gmail_default"><b><font color="#B45F06" size="6">Moments before these fatal lightning </font></b><b><font color="#B45F06" size="6">strikes on a Mexican coast, deer ran across the beach.…</font></b></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><b><font color="#B45F06" size="6">Moments before these fatal lightning </font></b><b><font color="#B45F06" size="6">strikes on a Mexican coast, deer ran across the beach.</font></b></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-do-float-hyperbaric-treatments-hbot-complement-each-randy-eady/?trackingId=vfIN5TZ6mxKZM1RbyO3Uvg%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-do-float-hyperbaric-treatments-hbot-complement-each-randy-eady/?trackingId=vfIN5TZ6mxKZM1RbyO3Uvg%3D%3D</a> <span><br/></span><span>Michael Hutchison, author: "The Book of Floating: Exploring the Private Sea” <b><font size="4">chose shamanic Huichol Indian yarn paintings.</font></b></span> <b><font size="4"><span><br/></span></font></b></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hairstyles are more than just a fashion statement for many cultures. For black & brown people, hair has always played an important role across diaspora.</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dreadlocks are culturally perceived as a connection to wisdom. Neither a fad, nor about getting attention.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hair is a soul…</span></p>
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<div class="gmail_default"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dreadlocks are culturally perceived as a connection to wisdom. Neither a fad, nor about getting attention.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hair is a soul connection to heritage and even a Divine connection.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In George's family, all the men have dreadlocks, going back generations. To them, the hairstyle has cultural and religious importance, his mother said.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Our hair is where our strength is, that’s our roots,” Darresha George said. “He has his ancestors locked into his hair, and he knows that."<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12227717697?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12227717697?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center"/></a><a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/national/2023/09/18/a-black-student-was-suspended-for-his-hairstyle-the-school-says-it-wasnt-discrimination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LINK</a></span></p>
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</div>"Possession to Steal" by AMR, Has a Dark Message.tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-08-30:2030313:BlogPost:2411362023-08-30T15:14:35.000ZOracle Druidhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/OracleBoyatayDruid
<p>[<em>I ask for Permission and the information on the cover from YouTube AMRFanClub.</em>] This cover looks simple, but it carries a dark message. It is <strong>the Tree of Life</strong> and is dying. Spots in the full album indicate a new virus will rise in the population. The color spots are both disease and blood splatters indications of violence coming ahead. There is a ball in the bird's nest that has the Latin word "<strong>Daemon Mendacili</strong>" which means "<strong>Deamon of…</strong></p>
<p>[<em>I ask for Permission and the information on the cover from YouTube AMRFanClub.</em>] This cover looks simple, but it carries a dark message. It is <strong>the Tree of Life</strong> and is dying. Spots in the full album indicate a new virus will rise in the population. The color spots are both disease and blood splatters indications of violence coming ahead. There is a ball in the bird's nest that has the Latin word "<strong>Daemon Mendacili</strong>" which means "<strong>Deamon of Lies</strong>". The nest is an illusion, I turned the album cover upside down it turns out is violence encouraged by politicians using the demonic language of lies infecting the mind, since it shows only a head. The nest itself is the head of Trump. The tree is a plant infected by corruption and disease which affects life on earth since this is the tree of life.</p>
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<p>It's a storytelling song. "Possession to Steal", I don't get the meaning of the cover. Is it to steal a baby bird or steal a bird's eggs? I don't get it. What is the meaning?</p>
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<p>It's a storytelling song. "Possession to Steal", I don't get the meaning of the cover. Is it to steal a baby bird or steal a bird's eggs? I don't get it. What is the meaning?</p>
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<p>Los dias 11 y 12 de Agosto </p>Reencuuentro Taino Canovanas, Puerto Rico ----- Taino Gathering Canovanas, Puerto Ricotag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-08-17:2030313:BlogPost:2411682023-08-17T22:33:17.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>Canovanas</p>Celebracion taina en Buffalo------Taino celebration in Buffalo 7-15-2023tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-08-17:2030313:BlogPost:2411642023-08-17T21:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>El dia 15 de Julio 2023 la organizacion boricua de Buffalo,New York llamada CENTRO PURTORRIQUE~O EL BATEY celebro su segundo encuentro taino anual en el parque PROSPECT PARK de esa ciudad. La organizadora principal de EL BATEY Beatriz Flores, le extendio una invitacion muy cordial a nuestro Circulo Caney para participar en esta…</p>
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<p>El dia 15 de Julio 2023 la organizacion boricua de Buffalo,New York llamada CENTRO PURTORRIQUE~O EL BATEY celebro su segundo encuentro taino anual en el parque PROSPECT PARK de esa ciudad. La organizadora principal de EL BATEY Beatriz Flores, le extendio una invitacion muy cordial a nuestro Circulo Caney para participar en esta ocacion de festejo. Yo tuve el honor de vijar a Buffalo para hacer presentaciones de cultura y cuentos miticos de nuestro legado indigena. Nuestro aporte fue muy bien recibido por los miembros de la comunidad Taina de ese area y nos divertimos mucho.</p>
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<p>On July 15 2023 the Buffao, New York organization called EL BATEY PUERTO RICAN CENTER celebrated its second annual Taino heritage gathering at that city's Prospect Park. EL BATEY'S principal organizer Beatriz Flores was kind enough to extend a very cordial invitation to our Caney Circle to participate in the celebration. I had the honor of travelling to Buffalo that Saturday to offer presentations of Taino culture and story-telling. Our contribution was very well received by the members of the Taino community of that region and we had a wonderful time.</p>
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<p></p>Swamp Queen & HYMNS FROM A BURNING HOUSE: HAITIAN DISPOSSESSIONtag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-08-17:2030313:BlogPost:2411632023-08-17T14:47:22.000ZRandy Eadyhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/RandyEady
<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In support of AIRIE (Artists in Residence in Everglades). <img alt="🤝" class="an1" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/15.0/1f91d/32.png"></img> </span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">June AIRIE fellow Sydney Maubert and her installation “Queen of the Swamp” will be on display until Dec 1st.</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In support of AIRIE (Artists in Residence in Everglades). <img class="an1" alt="🤝" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/15.0/1f91d/32.png"/> </span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">June AIRIE fellow Sydney Maubert and her installation “Queen of the Swamp” will be on display until Dec 1st.</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sydney's research is very intriguing & also focuses on exploring racial-sexual perception in the built environment. </span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">See: <a href="https://www.sydneyrmaubert.com/">SYDNEY ROSE MAUBERT - Architecture (sydneyrmaubert.com)</a></span></div>Tradicion De Danza de Los Pueblos Arahuacostag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-07-30:2030313:BlogPost:2407822023-07-30T22:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">En este blog quiero compartir con ustedes la investigación que he llevado a cabo sobre la antigua tradición de la danza que parece ser un elemento fundamental de la cultura arahuaca. Es una tradición que se hace evidente en un gran número de grupos arahuacos que habitan áreas de América del Sur continental, como Guyana y Surinam, así como en la reserva Kalinago en la isla caribeña de Dominica y entre los residentes mestizos de regiones rurales remotas…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">En este blog quiero compartir con ustedes la investigación que he llevado a cabo sobre la antigua tradición de la danza que parece ser un elemento fundamental de la cultura arahuaca. Es una tradición que se hace evidente en un gran número de grupos arahuacos que habitan áreas de América del Sur continental, como Guyana y Surinam, así como en la reserva Kalinago en la isla caribeña de Dominica y entre los residentes mestizos de regiones rurales remotas de Cuba. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">El siguiente video demuestra la tradición de danza altamente sincretizada de Cuba conocida como la Danza del Cordón. Grabé este video en 2014 en la remota región rural de Granma llamada Monte Oscuro. Este video ha sido visto por más de 7,000 espectadores en Youtube y ha sido citado como fuente en al menos un trabajo de investigación académica del profesor de la Universidad de Miami <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jorge-Morejon-Benitez-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jorge Luis Morejón</a> llamado <a href="https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4635/463556259009/html/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FROM AREITO TO CORDON</a>. Muestra a los residentes mestizos de una región de Cuba que mantuvo una fuerte influencia cultural taína, incluso después de una fuerte mezcla étnica de europeos y africanos occidentales.</span></p>
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<p>.(Para ver el video completo sobre la cultura del cordón cubano por favor haga clic en este <a href="https://youtu.be/8Vhaq2Z4xSw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ENLACE</a>)</p>
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<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">He descubierto que hay dos elementos importantes de esta tradición de danza que parecen ser evidentes en prácticamente todas las manifestaciones o versiones de su actuación. Estos dos elementos son los movimientos del pie, y aún más notable, los movimientos de los brazos. Esta segunda característica de la tradición de la danza (los movimientos de los brazos) exhibe una uniformidad asombrosa de tribu a tribu y de comunidad a comunidad desde Surinam y Guyana en el continente sudamericano, hacia el norte en las islas del Caribe a través de Dominica hasta los confines más occidentales de su cobertura en la región Oriente de Cuba, en otras palabras, en todas partes donde el pueblo arahuaco existe o existió y donde la cultura arahuaca todavía puede ser detectada.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">La característica más importante del movimiento distintivo del brazo es el movimiento de balanceo hacia adelante y hacia atrás, hacia arriba y hacia abajo de los brazos, realizado al unísono (ambos brazos al mismo tiempo). En muchas de las diversas comunidades, este movimiento se inicia mientras los participantes se agarran de las manos, pero a menudo esto se convierte en una manifestación de "manos libres" o la toma de las manos puede no suceder en absoluto y los participantes van directamente al balanceo del brazo manos libres.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Aquí hay algunos ejemplos de bailarines Lokono de Surinam que realizan la versión manos libres de la tradición de la danza.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Por favor, haga clic en este <a href="https://www.facebook.com/100068502726834/videos/234959728797564/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ENLACE</a> para ver otro ejemplo. En esta improvisada fiesta de reunión familiar de Lokonos en Guyana, algunos de los participantes se toman de la mano mientras que otros bailan con las manos libres, pero todos balancean los brazos hacia adelante y hacia atrás, hacia arriba y hacia abajo.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">En la isla caribeña de Dominica grabé esta danza tradicional kalinago en 2007. Tenga en cuenta los movimientos idénticos de balanceo del brazo. La tradición y el idioma de los Kalinago (también conocidos como caribes de la isla) están muy influenciados por la cultura arahuaca y la mezcla genética de esa etnia.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">En su libro <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Huellas-Vivas-del-Indocubano-Spanish/dp/9590609236" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HUELLAS VIVAS DEL INDOCUBANO</a>, El erudito cubano José Antonio García Molina expone el resultado de un proyecto de investigación detallado que demuestra las raíces taínas (arahuacas) de la Danza del Cordón. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">El Dr. García Molina ofreció una demostración de la danza que había investigado en una reunión de académicos y participantes del Movimiento de Resurgimiento Taíno en el anexo de Nueva York del Museo Nacional de Indios Americanos en 2014.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Su interpretación de la danza demostró los movimientos distintivos de brazos y pies que hacen que esta danza sea tan fácilmente reconocible como una tradición arahuaca única que nuestros antepasados taínos que habitaban en las islas caribeñas seguramente manifestaron hace más de 500 años y que ellos mismos habían heredado de pueblos aún más antiguos que emigraron a la región del Caribe hace más de 2,000 años y trajeron esta danza con ellos desde su lugar de origen a orillas del río Orinco en la selva sudamericana.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Entrevisté personalmente al Dr. García Molina en su casa en Miami, Florida, más tarde ese mismo año. Compartió conmigo detalles en profundidad de su investigación sobre esta tradición de danza. Luego, años más tarde, asistió a una ceremonia del solsticio de invierno taína que celebré en Miami durante la cual nos enseñó los pasos y los movimientos de los brazos de la danza.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">En nuestra era actual, en el Círculo Espiritual Indígena Caney enseñamos nuestra propia versión de esta danza al ritmo de la música que refleja los cantos del cordón cubano pero que utiliza letras taínas en lugar de las oraciones kardecianas españolas de las sesiones de cultura mixta cubana. Al hacer esto, hemos recuperado los elementos curativos taínos originales de la tradición y hemos dejado atrás las capas de mezclas europeas que ha recogido en los últimos 500 años.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Como resultado de este esfuerzo, ahora estamos expresando la danza más cercana en forma a las manifestaciones indígenas reales del pueblo indígena Kalinago de la isla caribeña de Dominica y el pueblo indígena Lokono del continente sudamericano.</span></p>Taino Summer Solstice Ceremony At Taino Woods 2023tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-06-27:2030313:BlogPost:2402372023-06-27T02:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>It was an honor for me to be given the opportunity to lead a Summer Solstice Ceremony in the tradition of the Caney indigenous Spiritual Circle at the Taino Woods nature sanctuary in upstate New York on the weekend of June 24 and 25 2023.…</p>
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<p>It was an honor for me to be given the opportunity to lead a Summer Solstice Ceremony in the tradition of the Caney indigenous Spiritual Circle at the Taino Woods nature sanctuary in upstate New York on the weekend of June 24 and 25 2023.</p>
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<p>The sacred Caney Circle altar was constructed on the floor of the ceremonial caney structure in the site that Chantel and Jesse call the Maloca.</p>
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<p>After the initial opening ritual we celebrated the Radiant Sun ritual and the Shark Dance outside </p>
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<p>Extensive teaching workshops were shared during the two-day event. These included a Healing Dance and a Guaitiao Dance demonstration.</p>
<p>Later we all participated in a Caney Circle Guanara purification lodge.</p>
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<p></p>My Journey to Heretag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-06-20:2030313:BlogPost:2402282023-06-20T01:24:05.000ZSillahttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/Silla
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I am Priscilla Quiñones Ferreira, and I go by Silla (Sí-la). Like your average Puertorrican, I am mixed, but in that mix there’s taíno culture and heritage I’ve inherited. I grew up in a split home as well, so I grew up with two fathers. Both gave me different perspectives and experiences of our Taíno heritage. This post is specific to my blood relation to the Quiñones family (the father I share DNA with and was with part-time in my childhood). I am still…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I am Priscilla Quiñones Ferreira, and I go by Silla (Sí-la). Like your average Puertorrican, I am mixed, but in that mix there’s taíno culture and heritage I’ve inherited. I grew up in a split home as well, so I grew up with two fathers. Both gave me different perspectives and experiences of our Taíno heritage. This post is specific to my blood relation to the Quiñones family (the father I share DNA with and was with part-time in my childhood). I am still actively researching and putting together a deep dive into my relation with the Serrano Family (the father who raised me the other half of the time).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The Quiñones family's oral history</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On My paternal side, The Quiñones’ of Utuado, I grew up with an extremely Taíno proud grandfather. He would tell us about the Caguana, the community his mother came from, and he dedicated his life to two things; The Yankees and learning and appreciating Indigenous Tribes of the Caribbean, Central, and South America.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our family oral history tells us that his mother, my great-grandmother, who I grew up knowing, grew up in a Taíno Community/Yukayuke. Carmen Martinez Martinez throughout my grandfather’s, father’s, and my life would maintain a little bohio-like structure in her backyard. She’d say it was “<strong>para albergar entidades visitantes y espíritus”.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">According to family oral history, Carmen Martinez Martinez came from a community/family that took care of the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial site of Utuado before the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña took over with formal protections in 1955. There is a rumor of someone being sent to a Residency school from this family/community, but that is unconfirmed (under documentation, I’ll explain who I think it was based on paperwork and what is known about various family members and in line with PR history).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Carmen married Felíx Quiñones Baerga, the Son of María Quiñones Baerga and Avelino.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avelino does not have a last name that can be supported by documents, thus there has been a LOT of debate about who he was. We simply know his name was Avelino and he died when Felíx Quiñones Baerga was a teenager/early twenties. Some where in his line we know the is African- the oral history is some sort of tribal heritage but we don’t know what.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Based on my DNA results and documentation, the best-educated guess I have is that he was an afro-taíno, born into slavery in 1865. After PR’s emancipation, slaves where require to work and additional 3 to 5 years, often leased to other plantations. I believe he crossed paths with María while at Felix Marengo y Poggi’s plantation where her mother Maria Baerga y Rivera De Quiñones worked. Since he was a child when slavery ended, I think he stayed on there for a while and was embraced by the Baerga y Rivera De Quiñones family, which is why all of their children have the last name Quiñones Baerga, like their mother. I will show why I came to this conclusion in the Documentation portion.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Documentation</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is Carmen Martinez Martinez’s (my great-grandmother’s) birth certificate/Act de Nacimiento.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Her race is clearly indicated as “Mestiza”. It is important to remember that due to the indigenous suppression act in effect at the time and the Treaty with Spain to write-out indigenous people in favor of “whitening” PR- whether or not “full blood” status is true, all indigenous people where labeled/re-identified on official paperwork as mestiza (if they could not prove any type of black or white, and a family was adamant about their heritage), mulato, negro, or blanco. Mestiza is the closest to confirmation outside of the Carslie Indian School the US got to confirming Taínos.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On the <em>naciemnto</em> form above her mother is cited as “Vincenta/Vincenda”, from/born in Jayuya. There is a note about her grandparents in part 3. “Ambos de raza mestiza”, Ajiubro Martinez and Juana Martinez from Morovis.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Her mother’s name is incredibly reminiscent of Provindentia Martinez, one of the 60 Puertorrican children taken to the Carslie Indian School to “reform”. Vincenta/Vincenda could be derived from Provindentia, and If it was her, she would have been the right age to have a child, settling down in PR after traveling to NY for a few years after her time at the Carlisle School, as recorded in their records. Until better clarification can be obtained, this is just speculation of my best-informed guess.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is person #9, located on page 3 of the last published <em>Registro Central de Esclavos</em> of 1872 in PR.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avelino, born in approximately 1865, in Arecibo Puerto Rico, was owned by Do Barbara Balseiro. Do Barbara Balseiro had a working relationship where she leased slaves for profit to Felix Marengo y Poggi.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Better and closer look below, highlighted in yellow is Maria Baerga y Rivera De Quiñones, “la Criada” (housekeeper)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I think it is worth noting that Maria Baerga y Rivera De Quiñones, on this census document, is recorded as mulatto, likely from a similar background as Avelino. It would make sense for her to have taken him in if she was the descendant of/or is a freed enslaved person as well. On the other end of the interpretation, she could have been Taíno and due to her brown appearance labeled Mulatto. Either interpretation supports that her daughter Maria and Avelino would have a son with strong Afro-indigenous cultural and ethnic ties.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Based on this documentation, and the results of my DNA test, reflecting African and Indigenous PR genome markers from the same parent I think it is a valid claim to say Avelino is my 2nd great-grandfather.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This would mean regardless of percentages, children from Felíx and Carmen would also have strong Afro-indigenous cultural and ethnic genes- which are reflected in my DNA results as seen above.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>In the context of Me.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I grew up in Sector Corea & Juana Ramos of Barrio Guaraguao, Guaynabo, PR.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I remember when the Jatibonicu Taino tribe would go to educational events across Puerto Rico, running into them multiple times in my youth.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I remember making small-bohios with banana leafs and palm trees with my great-grandmother. Listening to her stories.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When I moved to the States I tried really hard to find a place to fit in and find community. I feel like I’ve been looking and keeping my own little spark alive for myself for a long time on my own. I remember as a teen trying to reach out and ending up having long disputes with Pedro Guanikeyu Torres online, and being ignored by larger presences online because they felt in-person communities held more value.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When I went to college in New Mexico for a while, that is when I feel seen in a way that felt whole and welcoming. I had/have many Dine/Navajo friends who helped me embrace my indigenous features, navigate the sense of missing and lost, and embrace whole I am.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I repaired my relationship with Pedro, we ended up being good internet friends before he passed. It helped me to learn more and read as much as I could. Even though I am not Dine/Navajo, living out west in an active indigenous community helped me love myself and grow as a person. It helped me embrace my own heritage and feel secure in it. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Recently I’ve been helping a few friends reconnect with their own tribes (non-Taíno) and I realized that while it was wonderful for me to be helping them, I could be doing the same thing for myself. I deserve community as much as the next, and that’s why I joined and am starting to reach out.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>And just as I grew I've gotten to see the shift of attitudes online, seeing more people be welcoming rather than rejecting and fighting others. Obviously, I still presented documentation here, because I know if Taínos are to get proper recognition and treatment, there are some legal hurdles that need this type of in-depth analysis. I also know that some people feel burned by others online and thus require more trust and effort with the truth in order to trust others.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I hope to find my place, wherever that is. And now, you know how I got here and why I would love to find a community to call home.</span></p>Beaded cotton belttag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-06-14:2030313:BlogPost:2401022023-06-14T23:26:22.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p><span>Mega defense. The sacred Ceiba tree, Worshipped in Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean. Discourages elephants! I have one in my yard and no, you don't want to butt your head into this tree even if you are an elephant. btw.</span></p>
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<p><span class="white-space-pre"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/o2b4again/videos/1271586483800">Facebook</a></span> <span><br></br></span><span><br></br></span><span>I like how nature -- as is always the…</span></p>
<p><span>Mega defense. The sacred Ceiba tree, Worshipped in Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean. Discourages elephants! I have one in my yard and no, you don't want to butt your head into this tree even if you are an elephant. btw.</span></p>
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<div><span><font color="#073763" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Current research points to a complex settlement process that challenges</b></font></span> <span><font color="#073763" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="4"><b>many traditional conventions, especially for this region of the Americas.…</b></font></span></div>
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<div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#0F0F0F" style="font-weight: bold;">Andre Luiz Campelo dos Santos, Ph.D., part of the team that used cutting-edge genetic analyses from the DNA of two ancient human individuals excavated in northeast Brazil</font> <font color="#4C1130" size="4"><u><b>reveals clues to an intriguing, inverted migration pattern of people from South to North within South America, Middle America and the Caribbean basin</b></u></font><span style="font-weight: bold;">. T</span><font color="#444444" style="font-weight: bold;">o further</font><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><font color="#333333" style="font-weight: bold;">add to the existing complexity, researchers also detected<span> </span></font><span style="font-weight: bold;"><font color="#783F04">greater Denisovan than Neanderthal ancestry</font></span><font color="#333333" style="font-weight: bold;"><span> </span>in ancient Uruguay and Panama individuals. Denisovans are a group of extinct humans first identified from DNA sequences from the tip of finger bone discovered around 2008.</font></font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><p>"It's phenomenal that Denisovan ancestry made it all the way to South America," says John Lindo, Ph.D., a co-corresponding author of the article who specializes in ancient DNA analysis and is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Emory University. "<b>The admixture must have occurred a long time before, perhaps 40,000 years ago. The fact that the Denisovan lineage persisted, and its genetic signal made it into an ancient individual from Uruguay that is only 1,500 years old suggests that it was a large admixture event between a population of humans and Denisovans."</b> <span>As well, Polynesian and Oceanic genome signals have been shown to be present in the regions under study.</span></p>
<p>Apart from the occurrence of mass burials in the sites that yielded the samples from northeast Brazil, Uruguay, southeast Brazil and Panama, there is no other current evidence in the archaeological record that indicates shared cultural features among them. Importantly, the analyzed<span> </span><b>ancient individuals from southeast Brazil</b><span> </span>are in<span> </span><b>excess of 10,000 years older than those from northeast Brazil</b>, Uruguay and Panama.</p>
<span>Campelo dos Santos discusses: • The mystery of settlement in South America • Coastal movements potentially linking ancient Uruguay and Panama • Surprising results in the </span>genome.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/ancient-dna-south-america">FAU | Ancient DNA Analysis Unravels the Early Peopling of South America</a></div>
</div>Time Of Rainstag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-05-11:2030313:BlogPost:2397372023-05-11T18:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Takahi my relatives, as we approach the sacred point in the tropical year cycle when the rains ultimately intensify in the Caribbean. I would like to offer three presentations that explore various aspects of this weather phenomenon and its spiritual significance in Taino culture. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> First I want to present the concepts surrounding Taino beliefs about rainy weather and dry weather. This duality plays a…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Takahi my relatives, as we approach the sacred point in the tropical year cycle when the rains ultimately intensify in the Caribbean. I would like to offer three presentations that explore various aspects of this weather phenomenon and its spiritual significance in Taino culture. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> First I want to present the concepts surrounding Taino beliefs about rainy weather and dry weather. This duality plays a crucial role in the way we perceive our own sense of self and how we interact with society and the world around us:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The significant character in this duality now that we are experiencing the beginning of the Rainy Season is the spirit called Boinayel, the benevolent spirit of gentle rain.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Now I want to present an exploration of the significance of the Spring season in Taino culture. The Spring Season begins with the date of the Spring Equinox on March 21st when we Tainos recognize the gradual approach of the beginning of the yearly cycle. The following three months are perceived as the period of gradual reawakening during which time as the Spring rains slowly intensify, the earth comes back to life after the long dead period of the wintertime Dry Season. At the conclusion of this three-month period when the Rainy Season has finally come to full intensity we celebrate the second Spring ceremony at the end of the month of May, just before the onset of the Summer season. That ceremony is called Sirik: </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Finally, we must face the more challenging aspect of the Rainy Season, the aspect that can manifest later in the Summer and Fall, in the form of more destructive torrential rains and hurricanes. The name of this spirit is Koatriskie, one of the two male companions of the female mistress of destructive natural phenomena, Guabancex. This entity, accompanied by her two companions presents to us the element of life that reminds us of our infinite vulnerability and the overwhelming power of nature: </span></p>
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<p></p>Caribbean Equinox: Of Giants, Bats & Whispering Earthen Wombstag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-05-01:2030313:BlogPost:2394212023-05-01T15:22:40.000ZRandy Eadyhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/RandyEady
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<div class="gmail_default"><span>Heather Arnold, a graduate of Syracuse University, had a 15-year career in the media industry in Los Angeles and Manhattan. After leaving the industry to pursue an opportunity in pharmaceutical sales, she moved from <u><b>Manhattan to the Caribbean Island of Aruba</b></u> to start her own tour company.…</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span>Heather Arnold, a graduate of Syracuse University, had a 15-year career in the media industry in Los Angeles and Manhattan. After leaving the industry to pursue an opportunity in pharmaceutical sales, she moved from <u><b>Manhattan to the Caribbean Island of Aruba</b></u> to start her own tour company.</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span>Heather's inquisitive mind and quest to provide historically accurate tours for her clients led her down a path of research shrouded in mystery. Through extensive investigations, field expeditions, explorations, and interviews,</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span>She contends the true, rich history of the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, have been systematically <font color="#0F0F0F">expunged and repudiated</font>, in order to be vehemently denied.</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span>Looking on old maps, she also noticed how the islands' original names were not as they are today, but were instead called, "<font color="#660000" face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><b><font size="4">The Islands of the Giant</font></b><b><font size="4">s</font></b></font>'', and named after the giant race of people with elongated skulls who inhabited them.</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span>Years of extensive study, translation, and interpretation of many scientific research papers, peer-reviewed journal articles, and field documentation and notes, reveals the existence of the Giants, and their story is just now beginning to emerge and be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxBJAB1owgw&t=1623s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retold</a>.</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxBJAB1owgw&t=1623s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LINK</a> to </strong><strong><strong>Youtube </strong></strong><span style="font-size: 2em;">The Islands Of The Giants</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><span>Not only were these Giants part of an elite, ruling class, but they appear to be a far more advanced race than the mainland population of Native American </span><span>descent.</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">This afternoon at 12:30 pm my friend Susan Goughler, a member of HARRISON HILLS PARK'S Council Of Friends stopped at my house and picked me up in her car. We headed north to the community of Gibsonia, PA. a Pittsburgh suburb with which I am well acquainted, it having briefly been the temporary home of my parents…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">This afternoon at 12:30 pm my friend Susan Goughler, a member of HARRISON HILLS PARK'S Council Of Friends stopped at my house and picked me up in her car. We headed north to the community of Gibsonia, PA. a Pittsburgh suburb with which I am well acquainted, it having briefly been the temporary home of my parents in the 1980's. We were scheduled for a visit at the studio of the internationally acclaimed artist <a href="https://www.paramountpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert Griffing</a>, the foremost illustrator of western Pennsylvania historical images for the period of the French and Indian War (1700's).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">As explained in my <a href="https://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profiles/blogs/new-exhibit-in-natrona-heights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previous post</a> I recently collaborated with Susan on her project of updating the Harrison Hills Park environmental learning center, adding a beautiful new exhibit that features the historical legacy of Indigenous people in western Pennsylvania. The new exhibit includes several prints of Robert Griffing's paintings that illustrate historical events in the eighteenth century.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The eighteenth century was a pivotal period in the history of North America. The events of that century decided, first; the dominant language that ended up being spoken in what are now the nations of the US and Canada (English), and then later; the origin of the new nation called the United States of America.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Griffing has made it his life mission to create a spectacular pictorial chronicle of that era in his magnificent oil paintings. His award-winning art has been hailed internationally as nothing short of extraordinary! A huge percentage of his paintings feature dramatically accurate representations of the original inhabitants of our region.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span>Griffing has made it his business to become extremely well informed on the topic of western Pennsylvania history with a special interest in its original inhabitants. He frequents the closest federally recognized Native community, The <a href="https://sni.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seneca Nation of Indians</a> at the Allegany Indian Reservation (Salamanca) and Cattaragus as well as the Tonawanda reservation, in western New York state and has cultivated great friendships with many of the Senecas there and in our general area. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Susan and I arrived in Gibsonia and fairly quickly made our way to Robert's studio not far from Route 910, a road that connects Gibsonia with nearby Dorseyville where our Indian Center is located.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">It was such an honor to meet this man. As a fellow artist and oil painter I see him as a wonderful model.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The fact that Susan and I were given this opportunity to spend so much time with Robert and discuss topics that are of such interest to me personally was an incredible treat!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Robert's studio is replete with beautiful Woodlands culture Indigenous arts and crafts.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I am incredibly grateful to my friend Susan for giving me this opportunity to meet and spend time with this amazing artist whom I have admired for so very long. </span></p>A Case of Two storiestag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-03-31:2030313:BlogPost:2389772023-03-31T20:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Here in Southwestern Pennsylvania there is a controversy. It is not clear to rational people why this controversy exists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The controversy is about a children's book that I believe has been banned in other states but not here in southwestern Pennsylvania.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I will offer the essence of the controversy by presenting two videos. You may make up your own mind about the legitimacy…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Here in Southwestern Pennsylvania there is a controversy. It is not clear to rational people why this controversy exists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The controversy is about a children's book that I believe has been banned in other states but not here in southwestern Pennsylvania.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I will offer the essence of the controversy by presenting two videos. You may make up your own mind about the legitimacy of the controversy.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Here is the first video:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Here is the second video:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 36pt;">Click this <a href="https://www.wtae.com/article/norwin-school-board-member-opposing-all-are-welcome-childrens-book/41760216" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LINK</a> to watch video</span></p>New exhibit in Natrona Heightstag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-03-28:2030313:BlogPost:2388652023-03-28T22:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have been spending time at the <a href="https://www.alleghenycounty.us/parks/harrison-hills/index.aspx" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Harrison Hills Park</a> in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, on the banks of our Allegheny River here in the region northeast of Pittsburgh.…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have been spending time at the <a href="https://www.alleghenycounty.us/parks/harrison-hills/index.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harrison Hills Park</a> in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, on the banks of our Allegheny River here in the region northeast of Pittsburgh.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span>The park features a number of woodland nature trails, outdoor learning and activity areas and a beautiful view of the Allegheny River.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">There is also evidence of historic Indigenous presence in the area. The most probable residents would have been Senecas, Lenapes and Shawnees.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The COUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER (COTRAIC) was contacted by Susan Goughler who is a member of the FRIENDS OF HARRISON HILLS PARK <a href="http://www.friendsofharrisonhills.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Council of Friends</a>. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Susan has been working on revisions of the park's Environmental Learning Center which until now has housed a number of exhibits of taxidermy prepared animals and birds, as well as specimens of plants and of animal bones. It has also housed a wide variety of nature and environmental displays.</span></p>
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<p><span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Susan felt that there was a need to include a more</span> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">comprehensive display that would represent the Indigenous legacy of our region. As the Indian Center's community outreach and speaker's bureau person it was my pleasure to help her with the research necessary to create a good display.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The display features an authentic Seneca lacrosse stick, a very accurate replica of an 18th century flintlock musket complete with bayonet like the ones traded to the Native people of this area by both the French and the English during he French and Indian War (1754–1763) </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It also features woodland culture moccasins, porcupine quills such as the ones used by Norteastern woodlands Natives to decorate their buckskin clothing. She has also managed to acquire beautiful prints of some of the most iconic paintings of eighteenth century Pennsylvania Indigenous people by the world-renowned Gibsonia artist Robert Griffing.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The paintings include this masterpiece that illustrates a game of lacrosse which she framed and hung next to the lacrosse stick.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was my honor to create a small diorama of a Seneca bark-walled longhouse which has assumed a central position in the display.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It has been a pleasure to help Susan create this great Native American display in her little museum there at Harrison Hills Park. </span></p>
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<p></p>Fragments of Epic Memory: Revisiting the Caribbeantag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-03-28:2030313:BlogPost:2390642023-03-28T17:41:38.000ZRandy Eadyhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/RandyEady
<p><a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/fragments-of-epic-memory">“Fragments of Epic Memory,”</a><span> on view through July 9, is the first exhibition of these photographs, combining a selection of archival images with contemporary artworks from the Caribbean and its diaspora.</span></p>
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<p><span>In 2019, the Art Gallery of Ontario…</span></p>
<p><a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/fragments-of-epic-memory">“Fragments of Epic Memory,”</a><span> on view through July 9, is the first exhibition of these photographs, combining a selection of archival images with contemporary artworks from the Caribbean and its diaspora.</span></p>
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<p><span>In 2019, the Art Gallery of Ontario purchased some 3,500 photographs of Jamaica, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and elsewhere in the Caribbean, taken between 1840 and 1940. They had been collected by Patrick Montgomery, an archivist in New York, and capture the changing lives, landscapes, and labor conditions in the century between emancipation and independence. </span></p>
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<p><span><a href="https://new.artsmia.org/stories/revisiting-the-caribbean-a-qa-on-fragments-of-epic-memory">https://new.artsmia.org/stories/revisiting-the-caribbean-a-qa-on-fragments-of-epic-memory</a></span></p>Equinoccio en Pittsburgh 2023----------Equinox in Pittsburgh 2023tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-03-26:2030313:BlogPost:2388602023-03-26T22:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>Nos reunimos el día Domingo 26 de Marzo en el centro Indigena de la ciudad de Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania para celebrar la ceremonia del Equinoccio…</p>
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<p>Nos reunimos el día Domingo 26 de Marzo en el centro Indigena de la ciudad de Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania para celebrar la ceremonia del Equinoccio 2023.</p>
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<p>We gathered on Sunday March 26 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center to celebrate the 2023 Equinox Ceremony.</p>
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<p>Nuestros hermanos y hermanas de la comunidad se sumaron a la celebración con el tabaco sagrado y en precencia de los cemies de nuestra tradición.</p>
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<p>Our local community brothers and sisters became part of our celebration with the sacred tobacco and in the presence of the cemies of our tradition.</p>
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<p>Las mujeres de nuestra congregación nos bendicieron con su Danza De La Serpiente Boa, invocando el espíritu de la serpiente maja que es el tótem de la madre cósmica Atabey.</p>
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<p>The women of our congregation blessed us all with their Boa Serpent Dance, invoking the spirit of the maja snake which is the totem animal of our cosmic matriarch Atabey.</p>
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<p>Nuestra hermana Lisa nos honró cuando asumió el papel de la madre Atabey y su hijo Ian asumió el papel de Yokahu. Ella tomó en sus manos el aro lítico con la forma ovoide del útero materno que representa el vientre de Atabey. Este aro todavía tenía el cemi trigonolito de Yokahu en su manifestación de espíritu moribundo atado a su superficie. Esto representa el hecho que el espíritu de la vida murió durante la ceremonia del Equinoccio de Otoño en el mes de Septiembre, viajó al útero materno de Atabey en el Solsticio de Invierno donde se reencarno y ahora renació de nuevo durante esta ceremonia de Primavera. Durante la ceremonia de renacimiento yo ayudé a Ian en el acto <a href="http://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/group/caneycircle/forum/topics/tying-the-knot-the-tradition?overrideMobileRedirect=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">de separar el cemi trigonolito de Yokahu del aro lítico</a> y manifestar ese renacimiento.</p>
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<p>Our sister Lisa honored us when she assumed the role of the mother Atabey and Lisa's son Ian assumed the role of Yokahu. She took in her hands the stone hoop with the ovoid shape of a maternal uterus that represents the womb of Atabey. This hoop still had the three-point cemi sculpture of Yokahu in his manifestation as a mortally dormant spirit attached to it. This represents the fact that the spirit of Life died during the Autumn Equinox ceremony in September, traveled to the maternal womb of Atabey at Winter Solstice where he became reincarnated and now he was reborn during this Spring ceremony. During that re-birth ceremony I assisted Ian in the act of separating the three-point cemi of Yokahu from the stone hoop and manifesting that re-birth.</p>
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