Arima Born: Revealing the History of Arima and its Mission through the Catholic Church’s Baptismal Registers, 1820–1916

The Catholic Mission of Santa Rosa is something that helped to make Arima a distinctive town in Trinidad, accounting for nearly half of the Amerindian population of the colony in the 1800s. The baptismal registers of the Catholic Church in Arima, including…

This series of videos is a presentation of the Taino sacred creation narrative.…

A PRAYER TO THE TAINO DIVINITIES AND THE DEPARTED ANCESTORS

written in the Taino language using Taino script…

To download a PDF version of this please click on this LINK

The Four Sacred Directions

Jorge Estevez

These excerpts are derived from the contributions by Jorge Estevez to the online post…

Los behikes del CIRCULO ESPIRITUAL INDIGENA CANEY celebraron las ceremonias de Luna Llena y el Solsticio de Verano en comunidades alrededor del mundo este pasado mes de Junio 2019.

The behikes of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE celebrated the Full Moon ceremony and Summer Solstice ceremony this past June in…

Los behikes del Circulo Caney se dedicaron a celebrar las dos ceremonias del mes de Mayo LA LUNA LLENA y SIRIK en locales de diferentes partes del mundo.

The behikes of the Caney Circle dedicated themselves to the celebration of the two ceremonies of the month of May, FULL MOON and SIRIK in localities all over the…

Los behikes del CIRCULO CANEY celebraron la ceremonia de Luna Llena en el mes de Abril  en varios sitios del mundo

The behikes of the CANEY CIRCLE celebrated the April Full Moon ceremony in various sites around the…

The traditional medicine wheel altar of the Caney Circle is isnpired by information acquired directly from the Spirit Realm by the Circle bohitius as part of bohitiu journey.

Our…

On the weekend of March 23 and 24 2019 a number of the behikes of the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle participated in the annual Behike Retreat. The retreat was held at the community center and museum site of Yukayeke Manicato in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Important concepts were discussed and the behikes celebrated the March Full Moon and 2019 Spring Equinox Cenremonies.…

El gran estudioso de la cultura indo antillana, Sebastian Robiou Lamarche reconocio que los antiguos tainos idearon un enlace entre las energias del kasike (jefe) de la comunidad indigena y el resplandor dorado del sol. Tambien esa gente pensaron que esta relacion se extendia a la luz dorada del dia y el fulgor del cielo seco durante el tiempo despejado. Por…

Los behikes del Circulo Caney celebraron la ceremonia de Luna Llena del mes de Enero 2019 en sitios alrededor del mundo.

The behikes of the Caney Circle celebrated the January 2019 Full Moon at sites around the…

Los behikes del Circulo Caney celebramos la ceremonia de Luna Llena y el Solsticio De Invierno en sitios alrededor del mundo.

The behikes of the Caney Circle celebrated the Full Moon ceremony and the Winter Solstice at sites all over the…

A little bit of context...

Tai Pelli, a respected member of the indigenous Taíno community was visiting Mexico recently to participate in an international Indigenous Peoples conference organized by the International Indian Treaty Council.

But there was an incident...

While in Mexico, on her way to day-two of the conference…

The Makiritare people is an Indigenous group that lives in the ancestral zone of the Orinoco River where part of our own Taino culture originates. In the oral tradition of these people there exists a sacred creation narrative called "WATUNNA". In a certain episode of that narrative the Makiritares mention a mystical egg called Huehanna.…

The Makiritare people is an Indigenous group that lives in the ancestral zone of the Orinoco River where part of our own Taino culture originates. In the oral tradition of these people there exists a sacred creation narrative called "…

CREADOR O CREADORA?.....CREATOR OR CREATRESS?

Takaji Datiaono

Saludos mis parientes

    El pueblo Makiritare es un grupo indigena que vive en la zona ancestral del Rio Orinoco donde se origina parte de nuestra propia cultura taina. En la tradicion oral de esta gente existe una narracion sagrada…

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Nosotros los behikes del Circulo Espiritual Indigena Caney celebramos la ceremonia de LUNA LLENA del mes de Noviembre en varios sitios del mundo.

We the behikes of the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle celebrated the November FULL MOON ceremony in various sites around the…