BEAUTIFUL guanara sweat lodge on Tuesday August 3 at the home of my fellow behike Tilou (Urban Divers) "Li'l Wolf" in Queens, New York. Such a pleasure to be again with my spiritual brother Max Guazabara and his wife Namibia and their little son Huracan. Also was a pleasure to sweat with Kasike Roman Guaraguaorix...and it was an honor to meet our brother Tito and his three kids. What a sacred afternoon with Taino family and other good…

Takahi my relatives

On Saturday July 31 2021 I had the honor of participating in a great block party in front of the GALERIA DEL BARRIO art gallery in East Harlem, New York City. The block party was part of a multi-week exhibit at the gallery which featured the work of the Boricua artist Miguel Luciano. Miguel was concluding a three-year residency at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. The museum sponsored his exhibit at the East Harlem gallery and the block party…

Takahi My Relatives 

The behikes of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE  celebrated our annual retreat this year on the grounds of the Singing Winds Site of the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center, on the outskirts of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A number of the behikes who were able to travel to the gathering this year camped out on the Indian Center grounds.

As part of the three-day event, we…

Our Seneca Indigenous friends of western New York and western Pennsylvania are fighting to save the sacred waters of the Allegheny River, which in their language is known as the OHI:YO'. This past Saturday July 10 2021 I spent the day with two fellow Tainos and a wonderful non-Taino woman-of-strength ally at a special action camp-out in the beautiful Allegheny National Forest of northwestern PA close to the Seneca Nation of Indians…

My brothers and sisters we now have the long-promised members-only wooden medallions featuring the official logo of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE.

These are only available to fully enrolled members of the Caney Circle. Wearing this sacred symbol that represents the…

I invite all of my New York City friends to come and join us at a special block party in the Barrio where I will be conducting…

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On June 29 2021 I volunteered at a summer camp program for children of immigrant workers from Central America to offer a Story-Telling presentation that featured the traditional creation narration of the ancient Maya, the Popol Vuh. The children really got into the fun of it, using the blowgun to "shoot down" Seven Macaw Wukub Kakix, playing the…

Nos reunimos en el sitio ceremonial del CIRCULO ESPIRITUAL INDIGENA CANEY en Verona, Pennsylvania, cerca de Pittsburgh Junio 26  2021. Eramos varios tainos y amigos de nuestro movimiento de restauracion resurgente taina.

We gathered at the Verona, Pennsylvania ceremonial site of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE near Pittsburgh June…

On Thursday June 10 2021 Indigenous people in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and…

Please join us today in Philadelphia, PA to defend our hard-won victory to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day. Reactionary forces in the city are trying to reverse the victory through a frivolous suit against the Mayor. …

On June 6 1981 I gathered with a number of people living in the Pittsburgh area who were interested in Taino spirituality and we founded a non-profit spiritual organization now known as the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE. Over the next 40 years this spiritual community would flourish and blossom into an entity that now thrives in sites all over the…

There are only a few weeks left. This exbibit is due to close on June 27 of this year. It has been active since December of 2019.

We invite you to click this LINK to access the website of this current Taino exhibit at…

La sagrada ceremonia Sirik del fin de la Primavera fue celebrada en New York City en el mes de Mayo por el behike del Circulo Espiritual Indigena Caney, Tilou Balan (Lil Wolf).

The sacred late Spring Sirik ceremony was celebrated in New York City this past month of May by the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle behike…

Celebramos la ceremonia de Luna Llena y Sirik en el sitio de ARCHAIC ROOTS cerca de la comunidad de Lakemont, Georgia. Nuestro behike bajo entrenamiento del Circulo Caney, William Rodriguez dirijio el…

Indigenous people and allies in the city of Philadelphia recently scored a historic victory when they succeeded in having the city officially change the identity of the month of October from Columbus Day to INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY. That victory has been maliciously challenged by a lawsuit that was brought against the Mayor of the city by recalcitrant reactionaries. The people of Philly can use all the help they can get from conscious folks everywhere.

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I never cease to be amazed at the unexpected discoveries made everyday by archeologists working in the Caribbean which indicate extensive interactions between our Antillean island ancestors and the contemporary people living on the mainland areas of both South America…

The guinea pig is native to the South American mainland continent not the Caribbean

There has always been a certain amount of debate in the Taino Resurgence Movement on the subject of what kinds of animals our Taino ancestors were familiar with. The typical and logical assumption entertained by most modern-day Tainos is that if a certain species of animal was not native to a specific island then the Tainos living on that…

My Relatives, many of you recognize this song as the great chant to Atabey our sacred mother of the earth and the waters which we in the Taino Resurgence movement have been singing…