We are very resourceful, and one winner as indigenous peoples is connecting each other.

However, many times because of logistical problems, we tend not to connect and share. I do not say this as lip service, but because I have actual experience.

Today, with the many requirements within our communities, we need to establish a strong network which can benefit us all. Thankfully, we now have the internet which we use.

In Moraro, we are preserving our traditional culture…

I shared a wonderful experience of Spring Season prayer and ceremony with my dear friends of Iukaieke Guainia at Brooke Park in The Bronx, New York this past Sunday March 23 2014 as I prepared to leave for my trip to Cuba.

We were joined by Kasike Roberto Mucaro Borrero and his whole family as well as several other members of the Taino Resurgence community of New…

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It was my honor to officiate this year's SPRING EQUINOX ceremony at the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle's Verona Pennsylvania Teaching Lodge near Pittsburgh on Saturday March 22 2014.

We gathered, as we have for 34 years, to celebrate the fertility of our sacred Earth and Water Mother Ata Bey and the rebirth of her divine son Yoka…

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It was an honor for me to represent the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle and Native American traditional respect for the world's water at this year's World Water Day.

We gathered on the bank of the Monongahela River in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of the South…

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Como lo demuestra las escrituras de los cronistas espa~oles, nuestros antepasados tainos se cubrieron las cabezas con atuendos que en ciertas ocaciones se asemejaban a gorras. Tambien es parte de la cronica de los conquistadores el echo que al ofrecerles gorras de manufactura europea los tainos las acceptaron con…

Nuestra hermana Bibi Margarita Nogueras visito nuestra ciudad de Pittsburgh este fin de semana y trajo con ella la sabiduria y tradicion de nuestros antepasados tainos. Ella es la patrocinadora de la Jornada Indigena Taina que se…

In this life it is about sowing the seed of virtuous nature. sow the seeds of love, joy,peace, patience, goodness, kindness, self-control, faithfulness and most importantly self cultivation and determination. In this life is not about finding friends and knowing your enemies but taking time to find who you are. This life is not about how much material possession we have but how we can critically make a difference for the betterment of mother earth and the wellbeing of its inhabitants. In…

It was such a wonderful honor for me to have participated in this year's signature Peaceburgh New Year's eve event, AGE OF MAGIC. I was particularly humbled to have been asked by the organizer, Cassandra Mousey to lead the midnight count-down ceremony to the four sacred directions and to the Earth Mother and Father Sky.…

"Guaca es un vocablo indígena que significa "región o "cercanía", vasija donde se guarda tesoro, o pequeño recinto funerario; y nos remonta a mitos ancestrales de nuestras, Antillas, al vincularse con la creencias sobre el origen mismo del hombre, salido de la extrañas de la Tierra.

La exposición Guaca: visita al pasado indígena de Puerto…

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It was a wonderful honor for me to officiate this year's Winter Solstice Ceremony in Miami, Florida on Dec 21st 2013 at Women's Park where we have celebrated it for the past seven years.

We were joined by a number of our wonderful Florida friends who came in from all over the state.

From the gulf coast in the west…

llustrations:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2…

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It was a wonderful honor for us here at the Verona Pennsylvania Teaching Lodge of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE to host our Taino tiaos (relatives) here in the Pittsburgh area for the first time at Full Moon Ceremony on Sunday November17, 2013.

The ceremony was attended by a number of our dear friends from the Peaceburgh…

El Dr. Sebastián Robiou Lamarche investiga la mito-astronómica de los taínos y Caribe que ocupaban las Antillas precolombinas.

http://hoy.com.do/reportajesebastian-...

En Puerto Rico. Nació en Santo Domingo, hijo de Gracita Lamarche y Sebastián Robiou Valverde, de quien tal vez heredó el amor por la…

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A wonderful group of friends, both Natives and non-Natives gathered this evening at 5:00 PM, at the Verona Pennsylvania Teaching Lodge of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE , our family home, to observe our Taino…

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Today is Wednesday Oct 30 2013, the day before Halloween. The U.S. holiday that draws children and adults alike out into the streets and parties dressed in garish and sometimes comical disguises.

Many of my friends, especially female friends have opted to dress as "witches". Interestingly, the majority of the witch costumes that I have encountered this year have tended to be a great deal more sympathetic of the witch identity than I have seen in the past.…

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This publication contains history about Indigenous activism which was fundamental to the formation of the man that I am today and I was so glad to find it on the internet. Most importantly it makes lots of mentions of the Native American activist newspaper of the 1970's “INDIGENA” for which I drew many illustrations while I was still a young student in college at COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN. In particular it was very…

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Here in North Eastern Pa we will honor the relatives on Friday night. My family calls this ceremony Ghost Supper.

We will set up our alter and use fish also, doing what we can to follow the teachings of the Caney Circle. I will also have a gord with one of my relatives safely inside. I always have intense dreams after honoring our ancestors in this way.

Jan Jan Catu - Akitchitay Urayoel

Indigenous Rainforest Keepers need to hear from you, if you wish to write in support of the cultural wisdom of our indigenous peoples. Please visit the link for more information.

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Yesterday I gave a lecture at the college of Ana G. Mendez in Orlando, Florida. The lecture pointed out errors within the history and genealogy of Don Juan Ponce de Leon, the survival of the Indigenous people, the Taino and the Guanahatabey of the Caribbean Islands of Cuba, Isla Hispanola and Isla de San Juan de Puerto Rico survived and left maternal genetic descendants despite the destruction and abuse they suffered during the conquest of the aforementioned islands. 

At the end of…

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I was honored this past Sunday September 22 to participate in the annual celebration of the Taino Indigenous Equinox Ceremony held by the Taino community YUKAYEKE GUAINIA at Broook Community Park in the South Bronx of New York City.…