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Brothers Yokahu and Guak

Good evening brothers, sisters and family alike— I’ve been a longtime reader of the indigenous Caribbean network. I’ve been on a journey reconnecting with my heritage, as it was never taught to me by my parents so I am learning as I go.

I have been inspired by the various videos and art from the Caney circle tradition… especially of the creation myths and cemis. I am enthralled by the story of Yokahu and Guakar— twin opposing forces that complement each other in different…

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Added by Alejandro Gonzalez on November 1, 2025 at 6:52pm — 1 Comment

Creador o creadora

El pueblo Makiritare es un grupo indígena que vive en la zona ancestral del río Orinoco, de donde se origina parte de nuestra propia cultura Taína. En la tradición oral de este pueblo existe una narrativa sagrada de la creación llamada "WATUNNA". En cierto episodio de esa narrativa, los Makiritare mencionan un huevo místico llamado Huehanna. Este…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on October 3, 2025 at 12:37am — 1 Comment

Creador o creadora

El pueblo Makiritare es un grupo indígena que vive en la zona ancestral del río Orinoco, de donde se origina parte de nuestra propia cultura Taína. En la tradición oral de este pueblo existe una narrativa sagrada de la creación llamada "WATUNNA". En cierto episodio de esa narrativa, los Makiritare mencionan un huevo místico llamado Huehanna. Este…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on October 3, 2025 at 12:34am — No Comments

Creador o creadora

El pueblo Makiritare es un grupo indígena que vive en la zona ancestral del río Orinoco, de donde se origina parte de nuestra propia cultura Taína. En la tradición oral de este pueblo existe una narrativa sagrada de la creación llamada "WATUNNA". En cierto episodio de esa narrativa, los Makiritare mencionan un huevo místico llamado Huehanna. Este…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on October 3, 2025 at 12:32am — No Comments

Creador o creadora

El pueblo Makiritare es un grupo indígena que vive en la zona ancestral del río Orinoco, de donde se origina parte de nuestra propia cultura Taína. En la tradición oral de este pueblo existe una narrativa sagrada de la creación llamada "WATUNNA". En cierto episodio de esa narrativa, los Makiritare mencionan un huevo místico llamado Huehanna. Este…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on October 3, 2025 at 12:31am — No Comments

Creador o creadora

El pueblo Makiritare es un grupo indígena que vive en la zona ancestral del río Orinoco, de donde se origina parte de nuestra propia cultura Taína. En la tradición oral de este pueblo existe una narrativa sagrada de la creación llamada "WATUNNA". En cierto episodio de esa narrativa, los Makiritare mencionan un huevo místico llamado Huehanna. Este…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on October 3, 2025 at 12:29am — No Comments

Creador o creadora

El pueblo Makiritare es un grupo indígena que vive en la zona ancestral del río Orinoco, de donde se origina parte de nuestra propia cultura Taína. En la tradición oral de este pueblo existe una narrativa sagrada de la creación llamada "WATUNNA". En cierto episodio de esa narrativa, los Makiritare mencionan un huevo místico llamado Huehanna. Este…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on October 3, 2025 at 12:28am — No Comments

Creador o creadora

El pueblo Makiritare es un grupo indígena que vive en la zona ancestral del río Orinoco, de donde se origina parte de nuestra propia cultura Taína. En la tradición oral de este pueblo existe una narrativa sagrada de la creación llamada "WATUNNA". En cierto episodio de esa narrativa, los Makiritare mencionan un huevo místico llamado Huehanna. Este…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on October 3, 2025 at 12:26am — No Comments

Creador o creadora

El pueblo Makiritare es un grupo indígena que vive en la zona ancestral del río Orinoco, de donde se origina parte de nuestra propia cultura Taína. En la tradición oral de este pueblo existe una narrativa sagrada de la creación llamada "WATUNNA". En cierto episodio de esa narrativa, los Makiritare mencionan un huevo místico llamado Huehanna. Este…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on October 3, 2025 at 12:25am — No Comments

Creador o creadora

El pueblo Makiritare es un grupo indígena que vive en la zona ancestral del río Orinoco, de donde se origina parte de nuestra propia cultura Taína. En la tradición oral de este pueblo existe una narrativa sagrada de la creación llamada "WATUNNA". En cierto episodio de esa narrativa, los Makiritare mencionan un huevo místico llamado Huehanna. Este huevo contiene las almas no nacidas de todos los seres humanos que están esperando venir al mundo en el momento de la Creación. Los humanos…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on October 3, 2025 at 12:21am — No Comments

Handmade Yokahu cemi idol

Tau guaitiao!

I would like to share my first official handmade, clay, Yokahu Cemi. For months, I've been praying to a necklace of Yokahu my grandparents brought back from visiting their house and close family in Borikén. I was never able to offer anything since I loved to keep it in my room, so I prayed often (and still do) to show my respect since I couldn't leave anything. While making it, in the center, I placed a fragment of a shell I brought from Borikén when I was 6 or 7 years…

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Added by Elyssa M. on September 25, 2025 at 8:37pm — No Comments

Tradition Of The Four Directions

On the walls of a cave located on a tiny island off the southern coast of Cuba, our Taino ancestors depicted a number of figures in the form of concentric circles in red and black paint. Not far from the images of the circles, they drew an image composed of two rectilinear shapes, also in red and black paint, placed perpendicular to each…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on July 21, 2025 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Pilgrimage to sacred site in Virgin Islands

It was my honor to participate in a sacred ceremony this past week, on the island of St. John, US Virgin Islands. I was invited by Kasike Roberto Mukaro Borrero, of the United Confederation of Taino People, to officiate the transfer of responsibility from the previous behike (medicine man) of the Virgin Islands Taino tribe, Tesroy…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on July 9, 2025 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Land acknowledgement of 2021 international environmental conference

On October 6, 2021, during the height of the global covid pandemic, a broad spectrum of environmental scholars from all over the world held a virtual gathering to celebrate the twenty-sixth International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment. This convention is held in a different country every year and on this particular occasion the geographic focus of the gathering was Mexico City. I was honored by one of the main organizers of the conference, Dr. Greg Cronin, of the University…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on July 4, 2025 at 5:00am — 1 Comment

Aborigine American rhetoric

This is a quote from a screed called AMERICAN: A DISTINCT RACE AND ENDANGERED SPECIE VOLUME ONE 

by : Minister Antonio "Tomahawk Tony" Lorenzo 

page 205

The author of this book belongs to a community that calls itself "Aborigine Americans". They believe that very dark-skinned people who most of the world would recognize as African-descent were actually the original inhabitants of the Americas, and that the Native people that the rest of the world recognizes as…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on July 2, 2025 at 9:30pm — 5 Comments

Taino Awards - El Mukaro 2025

(pictured below, Ceiba Anna

and Mukaro)

Remember back when there was a time our people gathered to celebrate with each other. Like our tree, the roots are long and strong. Omitting the essence of our lineage and providing the nourishment for all…

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Added by Dayvanna Caraballo Schreiner on May 14, 2025 at 10:12pm — 1 Comment

Valid Research on Taíno Claims to Native American Identity

With the increasing situations of the "Race Shifting" known as Pretenindian, I am in continuous research. This is the first of many to come. I value any research or feedback. Currently I am in building of information. Trying to gain more information on this term and how one defines it. 

From the indigenousfoundation.org:…

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Added by Dayvanna Caraballo Schreiner on April 20, 2025 at 10:30am — No Comments

Maternal Gift Economy-Movement ~~ Who are the Taino?

2025 Conf focuses on meanings & relationships among mythology, science, & culture regarding animals, the green world, the land and various ecosystems.



With raised awareness, wisdom gleaned from Indigenous Cultures in conjunction w/newer scientific discoveries & timeless mythologies help us find inspiration & answers to our earthly connections.



As research emerges exploring the hidden lives of plants, animals & the earth herself, non-human animal…

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Added by Randy Eady on March 28, 2025 at 10:29am — 1 Comment

La lengua taína, devolviéndola a la vida

En la década de 1980, el antropólogo estadounidense Dennis Tedlock completó una importante obra…

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Added by Miguel Sague Jr on March 17, 2025 at 8:00am — No Comments

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