I am from Indonesia and I am glad to know that Taino Indian and descendants are still exist.. god bless this beautiful indigenous people and also to indigenous people of the world.. no one can rob your identity anymore..
I serve a Haitian mission and only learned of Taino people when I started looking at the history of all of the Carribean Islands. It is a tragedy what happened, but the Taino people are resilient! Long live the Taino peoples!!!
Some of everyone probably still exists, but have been lied to, denied, separated and divided by color, they took all the light skins with straight hair and put or forced them somewhere else, then they took the light skin with curly and wavy hair and forced them out, then took the darker skin and placed them somewhere else, then started giving them names, telling their history with lies, and misinformation? They were so stupid as to try to place African slaves with the true natives or original people and were so stupid as to think all dark skin people were the same people, so many people has been whitewashed and discriminated, demeaned, stereotyped until some of the Natives around the world, some even think and act like their oppressors and use hate and discrimination on the others, all those Cubans in 'Florida are white people so I guess they would be more of the French decent from slavery and rape generations ago, because about one hundred fifty years ago or longer most Cubans were of darker complexions! A lot of Americans hate the Cubans in the Florida area, some say because they don't speak English and get special treatment when it comes to coming to America compared to other people?" Some act just like racist white people, and why is that I wonder, the same is said about most Demonican's because of they way they treat their darker brothers and sisters, the world is messed up and racist white people have fu@ked people heads and mines up, luckily a lot of people are getting more educated now, and is waking up, but I think it is something wrong with people that try to treat others the way racist white America has did the the original, and native people of these lands!
Why didnt we even see 1 in this video?the older woman could easily be descended from someone who came to support the commandante from south/central america back in the day.
I needed to see this, my hairs on my arms stood up, my eyes are full of tears, tears of joy, tears of sorrow. I am a decedent of the Taino Indians and I am proud to say that and be that. I want to learn more about my heritage. I wish I could go there.
This was awesome! I got 59% Native American on my DNA test but that’s due to my mother being fully Native, she’s Mixtec from Mexico and my father is from Puerto Rico.
I’m Salvadoran and Puerto Rican and my dna says 65% native obviously from my Salvadoran side since my line has more pipil/Lenca blending then European and afro and European mostly came from my Puerto Rican side
I'm 100% native American from Apache and Aztec both tribes much I don't even know you like at all but no homo i love you like a real brother I have your back always 💯🌎👩🏾🙏🏾
As a Central American. I find it amazing how few Carrribean Latinos know about thier Mezo American heritage. I thought Taino culture was still alive in the sense that Aztc, Mayan, & Incan culture still permeates other parts of Latin America. For the most part, we're mostly Mestizo. But PR, DR, & Cuba have very little left. Keep it alive mi gente.
The odd thing I am learning is that the Andean natives, South American natives, migrated hundreds of years ago n ended up in Puerto Rico , the DR , Etc so then they are connected through dna but also have similar spiritual beliefs but unique as people.
We have always been tolled they were completely gone.. please do not compare your self to us cubans u have no idea how the government controls everything u would think u woukd see it from the video.. But again do not talk on what u do not know nothing about.
@Migdalia Torres I am Cuban but textbooks in Cuba don’t say that nor history books.Its more of a misconception,I am one of the few Cubans with Taino blood left aswell from my great grandmother through my maternal grandfather.
@@sagegarden5310 Tainos are still alive in the amazon rainforest.. Some of those tribes are of arawak traditions and share the same dna as the taino people..
Soy Cubana, muchas personas en mi familia son descendientes de Taínos, tuve un sueño donde una viejita con pelo muy negro me vino a decir que recordara que yo era India Taina y que ahi se escondía el secreto de la vida. Hoy me he decidido de hacer recordarles a los cubanos quienes eran sus ancestros, si recodaban como vivían y la conexión con el cosmos y la tierra, y aprendiéramos a escuchar mas de las plantas como hacían nuestros ancestros hoy en día tuviéramos una mejor tierra! DAKA TAINO
Tau d'itu, bah'ia taino daka. Mi familia es de Oriente y tambien somos Tainos, mi abuela siempre me lo dijo, aunque la gente siempre decia q en Cuba no quebamos indiod, por suerte hoy en dia el ADN no miente y es una prueba irrefutable. Que bueno saber que muchas personas estan recordando su ancestros y de donde vienen.
The chief and his wife look like my grandparents from Arecibo . I could never forget their faces and this video brought them back to me. The Caribbean like the North American natives are one in the same. We live on!
@@mhsinterpret what the naw hold up I'm aztec mexican 🇲🇽👩🏾😂 we are not afro. What you mean. They look Arawak not Mexican I'm 100% apache and Aztec indigenous mexican im 0% black aka afro bantu we are not like you aka afrodescedanrs. You are not Mexican but Afrodescendant that's the TRUTH whether you accept it Pyialli Tlazcohmati Native lands like MEXICO 🌎👩🏾🦅💯 is indigenous American in my eyes it's rude to claim my people and culture the way you did when most of us will never be black so you a troll and the disrespect towards Aztecs and natives from blacks these days is unaccetpable wtf y'all problem also the Aztec aka mexika culture most of us are native American and Amerindian Hispanic Latino today and are the MAJORITY in mexico most Aztec aka Mexicans are not afro there are Mexican in Africa nowadays they don't claim African nationality yet but maybe one day when they are more Mexicans in Africa 💯 I've seen enough people like you claiming this lie 🤥 as a real indigenous Mexican it will be nice to use to see y'all use for your african roots because AZTEC IS MEXICAN THATS MY SHIT SO NAW YOU AINT MEXICAN and I'm saying this as a 100% native american majority of Mexicans are native American most of us still not white and definitely not afro aka black we also red American Indian because aztecs even tho migrated to central mexico we azteca are from hopis so we native American I LANGAUGE is from uto aztecan branch same as hopis w from pueblo people so yeah we ain't MIGRANTS 😎 I TYPED NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH I DOD CAME BACK 100% native American on a DNA test like many Aztec claiming Mexicans so we around also Indigenous Mexicans we the majority in mexico still and in Costa chica where Amuzgos live they still indigenous native American people not black at all they the majority there as well they recovered from the Spanish and slave ports Amuzgos are good people I trust them
Yes brother we live on we have to protect our people from non native American descendants aka culture vultures in the near future hopefully they stop their lies soon it will only effect them not us I'm 100% native American and indigenous Aztec redxican MEXICAN 0% AFRO IM NOT NOT BLACK NOT AFRO MOST MEXICANS ARE INDIGENOUS NOT BLACK LIKE SOME PEOPLE CLAIM👏🏾👊🏾👩🏾💯 IM From north America not Caribbean some of the Tainos here don't look black at all they look 100% native American Arawak like indigenous Colombians I've seen. STAY STRONG THEY WANNA BE US 😂💯 THEY NEVER WILL THO 91-99% of mexico is indigenous majority nation again as of right now in today's times in a huge sense but nobody talk about it I hope Cuba recovers from colonial demographically because they still have Tainos and they exist. If you think about it they native American just as any other indigenous American tribe from north central south america
Thank you so much to all involved in the film for taking those risks to educate the world that there is still much work needed in protecting our Taino heritage and, most importantly, people.
What incredible knowledge this is, Knowing that part of my ancestry was not completely wiped away is so exciting and brings such an overwhelming feeling to know that our people still walk the earth 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌝🌞🌎
Wow! Thank you for taking the risk to record this and share it. This should be shown everywhere. And I hope that somehow , someone finds a way to copy that precious, worn book before it is finally lost.
I'm in tears. This explains the chunk of "Native American DNA" that comes from mi mamá de Puerto Rico. She is 96 yrs and we both didn't understand where it came from cuz we thought Native American meant the tribes from the continent.Wow. We thought they were gone and hurt me inside when I was told that propaganda lie that was told to my beautiful mother as well. She always had 2 Taino artifacts, small clay faces, deities maybe? That she has given to me. I always wanted them. I also have tattoos with images from Taino petroglyphs on my arm, a frog and Octopus. My spirit remembers and now I know. This is the biggest revelation that has come from getting our DNA researched. And yes, Fuck the Spanish 1,000 times. Hey, Fuck All the Colonials and Slavers that have wreaked their horrors on all indigenous peoples around the world!
hi Jennifer going back to 1920s grandfather came from Spain white looking grandma from Africa they were traveling they stay in Puerto Rico and this is why we descending don't look any further Spain Africa
Jennifer Newell Oh you and your stupid anti Columbus friends should just shut up. I'd bet that if the Spaniards never colonized the caribbean, 95% of you (the anti colonialist) (if not 100% of you) would never had been born. And even if you were still born, you wouldn't be have a laptop to post your nonsensical comment.
Sí, pero hablaban de manera diferente, similar a como las diferenes tribus de Cuba se comunicaban de manera diferente. Los dialectos pueden haber sido diferentes, pero la perdida de tal cultura es realmente devastadora independientemente. Perdón por cualquier mal español
Caribe somos todos de la misma sepa de indígenas.. eran Igneris Taíno es una palabra que significa gente buenos ya q los caribeños algunos era canibals
Thank you so much for making this documentary. After doing a DNA test on my mom and myself, we discovered my mom who is originally from Veguitas, Granma, has about 20% Native American DNA, which came as a shock to her. I've started to do research on our ancestry but it seems I've gotten as far as I can from the US, and may have to travel down to Oriente myself or hire someone there to continue the research. Any feedback or advice will be greatly appreciated! Thanks again for bringing this story to light... yours was the only documentary I found on this subject.
Thank you for that! Due to Taino history being erased by the colonizers, tracing ancestry can be difficult. Making the documentary was a learning process for us. Thank you for watching! -Dre Torres
Its said that Colombus discovered our land because he reached a new location thought not to exist at all chainring history. Keep in mind that Colombus was looking to reach India not the new world, further more he was not the one who really started the atrocities that happen with wen the Spain colonised Puerto Rico, Republica Dominicana and Cuba. So in a sense yes he did discovered a new world filled with new land and new people.
Great film. I am from the Virgin Islands but now reside in Hawaii. While attending a community college out here I wrote a paper on how pasteles (the food) came to Hawaii. Basically a story about the cultural influences of Puerto Ricans who migrated to Hawaii to work in the sugar industry. This was in 1899 after hurricanes irreparably destroyed the sugar farms in the Caribbean. It's was amazing how my research on something as seemingly insignificant as pasteles led me all the way back to the Taino people. From what I read they introduced the dish to the Africans (who escaped their captors) whom they shared their community with. The journey of that research opened my eyes to the Taino people. As young boy back in the Virgin Islands I recall having a friend from Puerto Rico who's family had a very distinct look that was different from everyone else I. I always thought there was something unique and special about their appearance. Years later I saw similarities to images of Aztec/Mayan peoples. Now I am convinced that that they were Taino descendants. Which was a very cool a-ha moment for me. And as a multimedia/videographer I say awesome job Dre Torres on your filming and editing!
This was so good to see. It gave me a sense of my own story. It gave some sense of what it is to be Taino. I consider myself Boriqua. But it was not part of my experience to be around people who live with the Taino mindset or to experience that culture. I have felt lost in that sense for most of my life. Seeing that old man gave me hope that the ways of my people might yet blossom again in the world. Much thanks and gratitude to those who made this documentary a reality. Peace and blessings to you and yours.
Thank you for taking the risk, putting your lives on the line to prove that our Ancestors & our culture still lives. Like I said I am from Borikén but we are all Tainos. Much love ❤
Truly off the beaten path, the ultimate plateau of my kind of Cuban adventure! Riddled with suspense: the police in the night, defeat and surrender, the car in the river, the buffalo taxi, and finally, Tainos, as they are today, who are as open handed as all the Cubans who helped you get there-- and produce a film worthy of an Academy Award!
MR. MARS MAGNIFIER I've seen you on 3 different sights commenting. Are you apart of the power puff patrol. There is a youtuber that made a video Blacks had no history before slavery. I think you need to join that bandwagon and link up with that guy and spread the love and make your own CZcams video. What do you think?
En Puerto Rico ahi muchos descendientes de los Tainos aun asi mi familia de parte de mi mamá somos de sangre taina y viven el los campos del pueblo de Utuado y aun asi ahi personas que viven y pratican cosas igual que los Tainos.! pero esas personas estan en los campos y montañas altas.!
Jokiz o67 en RD también hay muchos descendientes de taínos, en el cibao que en el idioma taíno significa tierra alta de muchas rocas mi familia tiene genes taínos también, y aquí usamos muchas costumbres tainas en nuestra vida cotidiana ejem, cosechar tabaco, sembrar yuca maíz batata en el conuco a la vivienda le decimos bohío Ext todo lo que te digo es taíno, saludos 😃
Ciertamente, cerca de Jayuya se encuentran todavia plazas de los Tainos con dus piedra's talladas. Sin duda, en las montañas altas de PR sangre Taina existe en abundancia.
Cuba no solo tuvo, TAINOS también tuvo las tribus SIBONEY y en el occidente, Viñales, Guane y esas áreas en Pinar del Río, la tribu GUANAHATABEY, no fuimos solo taínos, solo que la historia de Cuba ya no le enseña a los niños y ĵóvenes la cultura, no se les dice que a los juegos de pelota le llamaban "batos", a los bailes y fiestas "areítos", al fogón de piedra "burén", a la masa de yuca "catibía", al pan de yuca"casabe", al arma con que se defendían "macana", que "maracas" también es palabra indígena, no se les dice que los indios quemaban tabaco y lo aspiraban por la nariz a través de tubos que hacían de ramas huecas, antes que se inventara el famoso habano. Esas cosas no se le enseñan a los jóvenes en estos tiempos, cuando hay materia por montones para escribir y publicar, este conocimiento, pero ya a nadie le interesa, ahora es más atractivo el "futuro", los alienígenas, los UFO y toda esa porquería de la ciencia ficción que les meten en la cabeza y los vuelve dependientes de los juegos, el internet y toda esa basura idiotizante sin contar las famosas teorías de conspiración, a nadie le interesa, la historia, la arqueología, las costumbres de los pueblos indígenas, su lenguaje y formas de comunicarse, sus interacciones, para qué?, si son cosas para nerds solamente, pués yo fuí nerd, soy nerd y a mis 72 años sigo siendo nerd, a mucha honra, me gusta investigar, estudiar, conocer, leer, porque es conocimiento.Gracias Tony y Dre por el documental, siempre escuché que en un lugar llamado Bella Pluma en la costa sur de Oriente había una comunidad taína y hace años en un libro de texto escolar (que ya debe haber desaparecido del sistema de educación de Cuba), hasta pude ver fotos de sus habitantes , entonces yo era muy jovencita y me parecîa increíble, sino imposible que existieran y ahora veo ésto que grabaron e hicieron ustedes y me han dejado sin palabras.
I am of Taino heritage on my mother's side and managed to track a long lost relative through an ancestral DNA project, she shared with me that two of her maternal family members left Cuba for Jamaica to escape the Spanish, also some Jamaican Maroons who also lived on the island when the Tainos were there as a culture also intermarried and therefore share the heritage.
+Lloyd Stewart Very true. The Maroons will tell you this themselves. And if you look at traditional Jamaican spiritual practices, there are many aspects that survived to this day like working with the Zemis, nature spirits. And all Jamaicans still eat bami. There's a lot of research that needs to be done in all of the Islands so that we can finally tell the accurate story of our history.
Tony Not sure if you telling the truth, or you making this shit as you go, It was the other way around. slaves would escape from their english, french and Dutch settlements, cause Spaniard will make them free,cause this slaves didnt belong to spain. I don't believe any slave move to Haiti or Jamaica from a Spanish settlement. Get your shit straight before you look like a fool in The front of people who really knows their history
@@averlist647 *YOU MONGOLOIDS mixed with CAUCAZOIDS go out of your way to avoid the blatant evidence of ancient black CULTURES in the americas; THE GRAND CANYON, THE OLMECS & AZTECS... GOOGLE (AZTEC COUPLE) & TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE BCZ I KNOW YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER 2 BUT ANYWAY: PROFESSOR JIN LEE (LEADING GENETIC SCIENTIST IN CHINA)HAS PROVEN THAT WITHOUT A DOUBT "ALL NON BLACK PPL ARE MUTATIONS OF BLACK PPL & PALE SKIN IS ONLY 6000YRS OLD..." NON-BLACK HISPANIC MEN TEACH THE WOMEN IN THEIR CULTURE TO AVOID BLACK MEN BUT THE WOMEN AREN'T FOOLISH, "THEY KNOW WHY!!!" WE FUCK BETTER, COOK BETTER, HAVE MILLIONS OF YEARS WORTH OF HISTORY ACCORDING TO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE & ARTIFACTS, WAY MORE CREATIVE, MENTALLY BALANCED & STRONGER THAN YOU'LL EVER IMAGINE!!! **#FACTS*
Tainos are alive . God Bless them and bless us all his descendant's forever. I went to school in Puerto Rico and in the states and when i went to school in the island they said my ancestors were dead . Just like they teach the afro americans false history lesson;s about what they are and where they come from they do in the island. why believe the lie's that have been taught . ask, look, search, find . Hunger to know your past . dont beleive blindly what u think is true ,to know your past is to know yourself. and know them your ancestors where ever they come from . Peace be with all.
@@OnAComeUpChea Most Puerto Rican ,Dominican and Cuban have the same mixed, African, Taino, and and Europeans. It doesn't matter how light-skinned we are there's always a percentage of African in our blood. We are all African descendants. your wrong about Dominican are mostly black . There are a lot of small towns in Dominican Republic that are predominantly white- mestizo trust me I lived there.
To the filmmaker and cinematographer: This is a very important film on many levels; it's dynamic, compelling, really felt that I was there with you most of the time... Thank you so much for seeking truth and letting it speak for itself. Will you be making "The Last Siboney" next? God, I would love that....
My dad is 92 yrs old he is from Puerto Rico and is taino indian i am his strongest child so he pass his gift to me indian spirts im proud of my indian roots i feel them they are always with me where ever i go they protect me
respectfully disagree, the cibao is where the many tainos fled to hide from the spanish, many assisted by priest and churches in the respected areas. I dont say this to say you are wrong, but we're more than just mullato. My Grand mother is from SF de macoris, and she was half Asian. also, Remember in the late 19th century there were huge diaspora of different cultures entering the country, including 90k+ middle easterners.
shout out and much love to my taino brothers and sisters. from a maori brother (native new zealander) you dont look that much different to us! maybe it was both our rich vibrant past civilisations and trading between us that make us look similar in certain ways, maori used to travel to the americas and trade with indians before columbus even set foot there. the day we as indigenous people around the world form a great nation under 1 flag is the day we realize we have the power to do anything!
I'm from Puerto Rico, and my family is from Hatillo and Arecibo with a few in Morovis. My family was told, and many of us believe that the Taino are gone. That our ancestors as well as the ancestors of those on the islands while mixed are all that's left. It's often in a passing statement. "We have Taino ancestors, but that doesn't mean much." Seeing that the indigenous ancestry still has value it connects us to our sister islands and the Caribbean. We are all connected and descended from the Arawak peoples of the Caribbean! We are Tainos and connected not just to the land, but in our very roots!
And they still exist stop the fetish our people arawaks still exist in Guyana 100% native American still here and some still exist in the thousands in Cuba thank God
the tainos are very much alive don't be fooled Cubans Dominicans and Puerto Rican's Aruba's all have native American taino ancestry and taino ancestors. also the kalinago are also taino not just carib and they are very much alive in Dominica and Barbados
Thank you for mentioning the Kalinago (Garinagu). The Garifuna (Garinagu) language is mostly Arawak with some Kalina/ Garina (Carib). Any Arawak speaking his or her language sounds like the language I hear my mother speak.
I'm Dominican and Trinidadian my grandpa on my Dominican side is Taino he has olive/fair skin silky hair meanwhile the other side of my family is brown and have just good puffy curly hair but I didn't get my Taino features I just got my Trinidad side features 🤔
Bravo!!! ¡Gracias hermanos! What an educating and inspiring footage you captured!! Thank you for putting the efforts, thoughtfulness, respect to the Taínos and always praises to our mighty Lord.... Well done!
@@byronscott8108sorry to be that guy but most of y’all are predominantly black I don’t even know how Haiti got here we all damn well they all black of African descent with some French and polish. There little to no indigenous ancestry
Documento histórico sin duda. La verdad es que me quedé sorprendida. Yo estoy casada con un taíno borinqueño, ósea de Puerto Rico. Mi hijo pequeño llega a conocer a su tatarabuela cuál era taína, hace 26 años. Y un año después falleció. Los taínos viven entre todas esas personas que todavía llevan la sangre taína.
Me siento muy orgullosa de llevar rasgos físicos de la raza taína. Es importante cuidar la tradición y mantenerla viva . Me alegra haber visto este documental Dios los bendiga
So far what I have found is that, the part of Puerto Rico were my family is from is from Isabela Puerto Rico were the Cacique Chief indian was Mabodamaca. But I would like to know more!
Hermoso documental,pude notar los rasgos tainos en algunas mujeres del documental como la esposa de Pachito y otras. En Puerto Rico quedan algunos Rostros dispersos. Yo orgulloso de mi herencia Taina.
Gracias por tan excelente trabajo, por su tenacidad y mostrarnos esta realidad tal cual. En Puerto Rico también en el área montañosa existen Tainos con sus características físicas distintivas como diente de pala, de corta estatura, cabello lacio y negro, etc. Dios bendiga y proteja esta raza que fueron los primeros pobladores de nuestras hermosas islas caribeñas.
Such an interesting doc. This is still happening today, albeit in a much different manner. It's a shame how many Latinos under 25 years old dont even know or speak Spanish, and think it is not a big deal because they are in America. Truly sad what is happening. i also like his comments on Fidel, he is easily one of the most misrepresented leaders.
+dblocknyc GO STUDY! they have to speak their only lanquage Hebrew not English,. or their captive people lanquage please!!. like we do,.. your very unimformed about your heritage go study?
AGREE! NOW THE GRINGAS ARE BILINGUAL BECAUSE OF OUR YOUTH EMBARRASSED TO SPEAK SPANISH ESPECIALLY CHICANOS THEY WILL TELL YOU IN A MINUTE i DON'T SPEAK SPANISH WITH A FUCKEN LAST NAME LIKE JIMENEZ, ..NO ME DIGAS CARAJO, WITH PARENTS THAT DID NOT SPEAK A WORD OF ENGLISH BUT YET THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND SPANISH!!! REALLY?? I HAD BEEN TOLD THAT MANY TIMES BY MY CHICANO FRIENDS. NOT ALL SOME ARE PROUD BUT THE ONES i KNOW FROM L.A. DID NOT UTTER A WORD IN SPANISH UNLESS IT WAS A CURSE WORD...DON'T AGREE ON FIDEL
SOY PUERTORRIQUEÑA Y MIS DOS ABUELAS ESPAÑOLAS CRIADAS EN PUERTORRICO Y MIS ABUELOS DE PUERTORRIQUEÑOS, LOS CUATRO LOS MAS BELLOS DEL MUNDO. AMO MIS RAZAS.
I am Cuban, DNA testing at ancestry tells me I am 99% European and 1%Native American (Taino). So, yes, I am proud to see that some Taino still is here with me.
@@jaqueswilliams5192your wondering why ? 😂😂 I’m Cuban and you don’t need a brain to wonder why.. Cuba was a victim of colonization just like almost nation on planet earth, many Canary islanders and Galicians arrived in Cuba same with basques and Catalans. So Cuban are generally going to be whiter, but that doesn’t mean that we aren’t genetically diverse. In the End of the day are Spanish ancestors were rebellious to there forefathers and freed slaves and seeked independence from Spain. They married black people and natives so that’s white even white Cubans have traces of native and African. We are remnants of those rebellious men and women who rose up against the Spanish empire
so greatful that I watched this great effort to document a piece of our culture that has been hidden. thank you for your courage and defiance. thank you gracias mi hermanos. bendiciones al tribu.
Gracias por este documental. Siempre e querido saber de mis raices. Mi papa es Taino cubano de Guatanamo. Es muy triste q no tengo nada. Y ellos estan tan viejitos q triste q se a perdido y tan pocos. 😢 esta por extinguirse de verdad. 😔
wow que melodia tiene el senor al hablar. Gracias por documental. Dios te dio la fortaleza y recursos. te abrio las puertas en cada esquina que llegastes porque esta historia tenia que ser documentada. que dios te siga bendiciendo,
My great grandmother is 100% Taína! She married my great grand father who moved to the island from Spain! May both of them continue to rest in paradise! ❤️
This documentary is amazing!! Me encantoooo! I’ve been so fascinated by the Tainos lately! It’s so incredible to know that they actually exist in Cuba. There’s not that many Cubans that have taken DNA tests honestly. I’ve seen many Puerto Rican’s take it and most of them get like 12% to 21% as an average. Though I have seen only one guy get 32% I still find it cool as fuck!!! I feel like PR has the most taino DNA within people compared to seeing Dominicans taking the test. I hope there’s still Tainos out there that are above 30% :))))!!!
SON. idéntico. a los Dominicanos civaeño. hi. a. los. taino. puerto riqueño. de verdad. que cuando escuchava ese señor. y. la. señora cantando se. me. salieron la. lágrima no me pude contener. porque en el corazón yo. se. que. tengo. raise taína. y. un. por ciento alto.
wao very interesting documentary . I am from Panama and I believe that Taino still exist and the are all along the caribbean Islands . and they won't dissapear . the lady looks like a native indian I believe she is 100% Tain
@@jaqueswilliams5192 We do have lots of European ancestry, but through our mothers and through the conquests and rape... We Puerto Ricans share our Taino roots with all the Caribbean peoples. We are mestizo not something people like talking about in the context of our origins, but it's what connects us to these people across the islands. Spaniards did conquer and massacre our Taino ancestors, but they could never wipe out their seeds which bore from the same tree. Our ancestral mothers are that tree if you will. We are all connected because Europeans and Africans took Indians as their "wives" and their children are us. We don't deny our Spanish roots, but many of us want to identify more with our Taino ancestors than the Europeans who abandoned us and abused us throughout our history. For those that are mixed we could never be accepted in European societies or African or even Indian, but in that loss we have gained a new pride as we are all of them and yet none, but with that mixture something more.
what caught my interest in this video about the last Taino people they called their village a Rancheria in Central Ca in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada there are native American rancherias Indian communities pockets left from gold rush era genocide yokut, miwok, maidu, wintun, pomo, karok
I am Cuban and born in cammague and touched to tears of your work. But sanden how man easily cancels others for wealth. Cimmilarity of too many indigenous people around our world had to suffer. And still suffer. Great job
@mangasfilms Great documentary, I do hope you hooked them up with some gifts or things that would be useful to them 🤔 for there time and hospitality ( especially since it’s part of our culture)
I am from Indonesia and I am glad to know that Taino Indian and descendants are still exist.. god bless this beautiful indigenous people and also to indigenous people of the world.. no one can rob your identity anymore..
Amen .
Anjer nemu orang indonesia juga wkakakkaka....
and yeah that's true, even to us they had robbed for about three decades ...
Amen, that’s right!!
Much love my brother from a 100% native american
Yes! And Education is key!
This is one of the most important documentaries ever to exist! I'm proud to be TAÍNO
I serve a Haitian mission and only learned of Taino people when I started looking at the history of all of the Carribean Islands. It is a tragedy what happened, but the Taino people are resilient! Long live the Taino peoples!!!
This made me cry. All the lies we have been told. Tainos DO EXIST!
Some of everyone probably still exists, but have been lied to, denied, separated and divided by color, they took all the light skins with straight hair and put or forced them somewhere else, then they took the light skin with curly and wavy hair and forced them out, then took the darker skin and placed them somewhere else, then started giving them names, telling their history with lies, and misinformation? They were so stupid as to try to place African slaves with the true natives or original people and were so stupid as to think all dark skin people were the same people, so many people has been whitewashed and discriminated, demeaned, stereotyped until some of the Natives around the world, some even think and act like their oppressors and use hate and discrimination on the others, all those Cubans in 'Florida are white people so I guess they would be more of the French decent from slavery and rape generations ago, because about one hundred fifty years ago or longer most Cubans were of darker complexions! A lot of Americans hate the Cubans in the Florida area, some say because they don't speak English and get special treatment when it comes to coming to America compared to other people?" Some act just like racist white people, and why is that I wonder, the same is said about most Demonican's because of they way they treat their darker brothers and sisters, the world is messed up and racist white people have fu@ked people heads and mines up, luckily a lot of people are getting more educated now, and is waking up, but I think it is something wrong with people that try to treat others the way racist white America has did the the original, and native people of these lands!
Magic Hour Productions im taino :)
Of course.. I am Taina!!!
I am an 80 percent of a Taino
Wow that good to hear that the Tainos exist today.
There is a lot of tainos in Cuba, I was born in santiago de cuba and there is a lot of tainos. YES THEY DO LIVE TODAY.
THATS ALSO WHERE MY FATHER & GRANDFATHER WERE BORN
That Santiago have a lot of Haitians people as well and Cuba second language is creole
Why didnt we even see 1 in this video?the older woman could easily be descended from someone who came to support the commandante from south/central america back in the day.
My grandmother was born in Cuba and lived in Santiago. She was of the Trutie family. She told me about Indians who lived in the mountains.
There are some Tainos in Puerto Rico too!
I needed to see this, my hairs on my arms stood up, my eyes are full of tears, tears of joy, tears of sorrow. I am a decedent of the Taino Indians and I am proud to say that and be that. I want to learn more about my heritage. I wish I could go there.
My grandmother is Taíno! We are still here ❤
This my family...our village in Cuba...I never even knew my tia was in a documentary.
La Rancheria?😮🙂
Todavia Cacique don Pancho esta vivo?Dios los bendiga
What does Tia mean. I work with a girl named Tia and her grandma is from the Caribbean.
@@Glad2BGolden it means Aunt
@@Glad2BGolden Tia is Spanish for Aunt
Estoy feliz de haber encontrado este vídeo.... orgullosa y agradecida de Dios por llevar en mi sangre legado taíno❤🙋🏽♀️🇵🇷👋🏽
This was awesome! I got 59% Native American on my DNA test but that’s due to my mother being fully Native, she’s Mixtec from Mexico and my father is from Puerto Rico.
I’m Salvadoran and Puerto Rican and my dna says 65% native obviously from my Salvadoran side since my line has more pipil/Lenca blending then European and afro and European mostly came from my Puerto Rican side
🙏GOD BLESS💪THOSE ARE SOME STRONG GENES
I'm 100% native American from Apache and Aztec both tribes much I don't even know you like at all but no homo i love you like a real brother I have your back always 💯🌎👩🏾🙏🏾
@@fantastixfilms5372 wow amazing god bless you native my brother walk with pride I'm apache full blood and Aztec be proud
You guys are reviving your bloodline from colonial amazing
¡Vivan los taínos! Tremendo documental. Aprendí mucho. ¡Orgulloso de ser Boricua! Los felicito por tan excelente aventura y producción de calidad.
As a Central American. I find it amazing how few Carrribean Latinos know about thier Mezo American heritage. I thought Taino culture was still alive in the sense that Aztc, Mayan, & Incan culture still permeates other parts of Latin America.
For the most part, we're mostly Mestizo. But PR, DR, & Cuba have very little left. Keep it alive mi gente.
The odd thing I am learning is that the Andean natives, South American natives, migrated hundreds of years ago n ended up in Puerto Rico , the DR , Etc so then they are connected through dna but also have similar spiritual beliefs but unique as people.
We have always been tolled they were completely gone.. please do not compare your self to us cubans u have no idea how the government controls everything u would think u woukd see it from the video.. But again do not talk on what u do not know nothing about.
@Migdalia Torres I am Cuban but textbooks in Cuba don’t say that nor history books.Its more of a misconception,I am one of the few Cubans with Taino blood left aswell from my great grandmother through my maternal grandfather.
@@sagegarden5310 Tainos are still alive in the amazon rainforest.. Some of those tribes are of arawak traditions and share the same dna as the taino people..
@@ToroBravo-qu7ed thank you.
Not only does the Taíno nation lives on we have been recognized by the of American Indians museum in Washington DC and our flag is in full view.
I’ve been to the DC American Indian one and the NYC one and sadly the dc one doesn’t have many Taino info but the NYC location has a lottt
Soy Cubana, muchas personas en mi familia son descendientes de Taínos, tuve un sueño donde una viejita con pelo muy negro me vino a decir que recordara que yo era India Taina y que ahi se escondía el secreto de la vida. Hoy me he decidido de hacer recordarles a los cubanos quienes eran sus ancestros, si recodaban como vivían y la conexión con el cosmos y la tierra, y aprendiéramos a escuchar mas de las plantas como hacían nuestros ancestros hoy en día tuviéramos una mejor tierra! DAKA TAINO
Tau d'itu, bah'ia taino daka. Mi familia es de Oriente y tambien somos Tainos, mi abuela siempre me lo dijo, aunque la gente siempre decia q en Cuba no quebamos indiod, por suerte hoy en dia el ADN no miente y es una prueba irrefutable. Que bueno saber que muchas personas estan recordando su ancestros y de donde vienen.
The chief and his wife look like my grandparents from Arecibo . I could never forget their faces and this video brought them back to me. The Caribbean like the North American natives are one in the same. We live on!
Due to their colonized perspective, many Afro-Caribbean natives of the Spanish-speaking islands assume a fictitious taino identity.
The chief looks like an older version of my dad ❤❤❤
The chief looks like my bisabuelo ♥️ we are afromexicanos
@@mhsinterpret what the naw hold up I'm aztec mexican 🇲🇽👩🏾😂 we are not afro. What you mean. They look Arawak not Mexican I'm 100% apache and Aztec indigenous mexican im 0% black aka afro bantu we are not like you aka afrodescedanrs. You are not Mexican but Afrodescendant that's the TRUTH whether you accept it Pyialli Tlazcohmati
Native lands like MEXICO 🌎👩🏾🦅💯 is indigenous American in my eyes it's rude to claim my people and culture the way you did when most of us will never be black so you a troll and the disrespect towards Aztecs and natives from blacks these days is unaccetpable wtf y'all problem also the Aztec aka mexika culture most of us are native American and Amerindian Hispanic Latino today and are the MAJORITY in mexico most Aztec aka Mexicans are not afro there are Mexican in Africa nowadays they don't claim African nationality yet but maybe one day when they are more Mexicans in Africa 💯 I've seen enough people like you claiming this lie 🤥 as a real indigenous Mexican it will be nice to use to see y'all use for your african roots because AZTEC IS MEXICAN THATS MY SHIT SO NAW YOU AINT MEXICAN and I'm saying this as a 100% native american majority of Mexicans are native American most of us still not white and definitely not afro aka black we also red American Indian because aztecs even tho migrated to central mexico we azteca are from hopis so we native American I LANGAUGE is from uto aztecan branch same as hopis w from pueblo people so yeah we ain't MIGRANTS 😎 I TYPED NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH I DOD CAME BACK 100% native American on a DNA test like many Aztec claiming Mexicans so we around also Indigenous Mexicans we the majority in mexico still and in Costa chica where Amuzgos live they still indigenous native American people not black at all they the majority there as well they recovered from the Spanish and slave ports Amuzgos are good people I trust them
Yes brother we live on we have to protect our people from non native American descendants aka culture vultures in the near future hopefully they stop their lies soon it will only effect them not us I'm 100% native American and indigenous Aztec redxican MEXICAN 0% AFRO IM NOT NOT BLACK NOT AFRO MOST MEXICANS ARE INDIGENOUS NOT BLACK LIKE SOME PEOPLE CLAIM👏🏾👊🏾👩🏾💯 IM From north America not Caribbean some of the Tainos here don't look black at all they look 100% native American Arawak like indigenous Colombians I've seen. STAY STRONG THEY WANNA BE US 😂💯 THEY NEVER WILL THO 91-99% of mexico is indigenous majority nation again as of right now in today's times in a huge sense but nobody talk about it I hope Cuba recovers from colonial demographically because they still have Tainos and they exist. If you think about it they native American just as any other indigenous American tribe from north central south america
Me llena de mucha tristeza, coraje y alegría.
Lots of mixed feelings.
Thank you so much to all involved in the film for taking those risks to educate the world that there is still much work needed in protecting our Taino heritage and, most importantly, people.
Amazing. Simply amazing watching this was a spiritual experience
I’m like crying don pa hito talks just like my great grandma did who died in 2019. Same way of speaking.
What incredible knowledge this is, Knowing that part of my ancestry was not completely wiped away is so exciting
and brings such an overwhelming feeling to know that our people still walk the earth 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌝🌞🌎
Wow! Thank you for taking the risk to record this and share it. This should be shown everywhere. And I hope that somehow , someone finds a way to copy that precious, worn book before it is finally lost.
I'm in tears. This explains the chunk of "Native American DNA" that comes from mi mamá de Puerto Rico. She is 96 yrs and we both didn't understand where it came from cuz we thought Native American meant the tribes from the continent.Wow.
We thought they were gone and hurt me inside when I was told that propaganda lie that was told to my beautiful mother as well.
She always had 2 Taino artifacts, small clay faces, deities maybe? That she has given to me. I always wanted them. I also have tattoos with images from Taino petroglyphs on my arm, a frog and Octopus. My spirit remembers and now I know.
This is the biggest revelation that has come from getting our DNA researched.
And yes, Fuck the Spanish 1,000 times. Hey, Fuck All the Colonials and Slavers that have wreaked their horrors on all indigenous peoples around the world!
You should get a DNA, sample from your grandma!
hi Jennifer going back to 1920s grandfather came from Spain white looking grandma from Africa they were traveling they stay in Puerto Rico and this is why we descending don't look any further Spain Africa
Jennifer Newell exactly because Puerto Rican's are taino
Jennifer Newell I'm glad you know you are taino 😎 I'm Arawak
Jennifer Newell Oh you and your stupid anti Columbus friends should just shut up. I'd bet that if the Spaniards never colonized the caribbean, 95% of you (the anti colonialist) (if not 100% of you) would never had been born. And even if you were still born, you wouldn't be have a laptop to post your nonsensical comment.
Los tainos de Cuba Santo Dominfo y Puerto Rico sonj la misma raza, son Tainos./
100%
A el 100%
Sí, pero hablaban de manera diferente, similar a como las diferenes tribus de Cuba se comunicaban de manera diferente. Los dialectos pueden haber sido diferentes, pero la perdida de tal cultura es realmente devastadora independientemente. Perdón por cualquier mal español
Daniela, y los de Jamaica tambien
Caribe somos todos de la misma sepa de indígenas.. eran Igneris Taíno es una palabra que significa gente buenos ya q los caribeños algunos era canibals
Taino DNA is all over Cuba. 60% of the people in holguin have taino blood.
De holguin no mija no seas mentirosa los holguineros son los más blanco de oriente los más taínos son de baracoa bayamo manzanillos
Thank you so much for making this documentary. After doing a DNA test on my mom and myself, we discovered my mom who is originally from Veguitas, Granma, has about 20% Native American DNA, which came as a shock to her. I've started to do research on our ancestry but it seems I've gotten as far as I can from the US, and may have to travel down to Oriente myself or hire someone there to continue the research. Any feedback or advice will be greatly appreciated! Thanks again for bringing this story to light... yours was the only documentary I found on this subject.
Thank you for that! Due to Taino history being erased by the colonizers, tracing ancestry can be difficult. Making the documentary was a learning process for us. Thank you for watching! -Dre Torres
This made my heart sing with joy. The Taino will live on!
We need to protect our tainos, as a protected group
I'm apache working on doing this how can I help
Yes
if the Taino ppl were already there and it was their land, wtf do ppl say "Columbus" discovered it! FOH!
SSS 334 all he discovered was the lost tribes of Israel dwelling place
SSS 334 fuck both of you, ignorants
Its said that Colombus discovered our land because he reached a new location thought not to exist at all chainring history. Keep in mind that Colombus was looking to reach India not the new world, further more he was not the one who really started the atrocities that happen with wen the Spain colonised Puerto Rico, Republica Dominicana and Cuba. So in a sense yes he did discovered a new world filled with new land and new people.
Because thst is a fact...whether you believe it OR not...The ahí pa Arribes in Nov. 1492...Like it OR not.
....The ships arrived on 19 November, 1492!!!
This brought tears to my eyes. My lineage. Thank you.
This resonated with me, I’m only 7% Taino, but I love it! I’m so proud of this connection!! Hasta La Tambora!!
I'm 100% native American my friend from Puerto Rico is 92% taino they still around
Great film. I am from the Virgin Islands but now reside in Hawaii. While attending a community college out here I wrote a paper on how pasteles (the food) came to Hawaii. Basically a story about the cultural influences of Puerto Ricans who migrated to Hawaii to work in the sugar industry. This was in 1899 after hurricanes irreparably destroyed the sugar farms in the Caribbean. It's was amazing how my research on something as seemingly insignificant as pasteles led me all the way back to the Taino people. From what I read they introduced the dish to the Africans (who escaped their captors) whom they shared their community with. The journey of that research opened my eyes to the Taino people. As young boy back in the Virgin Islands I recall having a friend from Puerto Rico who's family had a very distinct look that was different from everyone else I. I always thought there was something unique and special about their appearance. Years later I saw similarities to images of Aztec/Mayan peoples. Now I am convinced that that they were Taino descendants. Which was a very cool a-ha moment for me. And as a multimedia/videographer I say awesome job Dre Torres on your filming and editing!
Thank you, Ron! That is very interesting re: the pasteles in Hawaii. It's fascinating how much Taino culture still exists today!
I'm Dre Torres, btw. :)
From Borikén!! Tainos live on forever!!!! 🙏🏻🙌🏻
Orgulloso de mis raíces taínos 🇨🇺 de Pinar Del Río ✊🏼
This was so good to see. It gave me a sense of my own story. It gave some sense of what it is to be Taino. I consider myself Boriqua. But it was not part of my experience to be around people who live with the Taino mindset or to experience that culture. I have felt lost in that sense for most of my life. Seeing that old man gave me hope that the ways of my people might yet blossom again in the world. Much thanks and gratitude to those who made this documentary a reality. Peace and blessings to you and yours.
Thank you for taking the risk, putting your lives on the line to prove that our Ancestors & our culture still lives. Like I said I am from Borikén but we are all Tainos. Much love ❤
En Morovis (Las Cabachuelas) hay una familia descendientes de Taínos. Aún hacen cerámicas como lo hacían sus antepasados.
Viva Cuba I always known
Truly off the beaten path, the ultimate plateau of my kind of Cuban adventure!
Riddled with suspense: the police in the night, defeat and surrender, the car in the river, the buffalo taxi, and finally, Tainos, as they are today, who are as open handed as all the Cubans who helped you get there-- and produce a film worthy of an Academy Award!
MR. MARS MAGNIFIER I've seen you on 3 different sights commenting. Are you apart of the power puff patrol. There is a youtuber that made a video Blacks had no history before slavery. I think you need to join that bandwagon and link up with that guy and spread the love and make your own CZcams video. What do you think?
Fantistic video. Very informative. These guys got balls! Gracias.
Truly
Truly
Excellent documentary. One of the best i have seen in a long time. It's true. The indians never died. They simply intermixed.
En Puerto Rico ahi muchos descendientes de los Tainos aun asi mi familia de parte de mi mamá somos de sangre taina y viven el los campos del pueblo de Utuado y aun asi ahi personas que viven y pratican cosas igual que los Tainos.! pero esas personas estan en los campos y montañas altas.!
Jokiz o67 en RD también hay muchos descendientes de taínos, en el cibao que en el idioma taíno significa tierra alta de muchas rocas mi familia tiene genes taínos también, y aquí usamos muchas costumbres tainas en nuestra vida cotidiana ejem, cosechar tabaco, sembrar yuca maíz batata en el conuco a la vivienda le decimos bohío Ext todo lo que te digo es taíno, saludos 😃
Ciertamente, cerca de Jayuya se encuentran todavia plazas de los Tainos con dus piedra's talladas. Sin duda, en las montañas altas de PR sangre Taina existe en abundancia.
Cuba no solo tuvo, TAINOS también tuvo las tribus SIBONEY y en el occidente, Viñales, Guane y esas áreas en Pinar del Río, la tribu GUANAHATABEY, no fuimos solo taínos, solo que la historia de Cuba ya no le enseña a los niños y ĵóvenes la cultura, no se les dice que a los juegos de pelota le llamaban "batos", a los bailes y fiestas "areítos", al fogón de piedra "burén", a la masa de yuca "catibía", al pan de yuca"casabe", al arma con que se defendían "macana", que "maracas" también es palabra indígena, no se les dice que los indios quemaban tabaco y lo aspiraban por la nariz a través de tubos que hacían de ramas huecas, antes que se inventara el famoso habano. Esas cosas no se le enseñan a los jóvenes en estos tiempos, cuando hay materia por montones para escribir y publicar, este conocimiento, pero ya a nadie le interesa, ahora es más atractivo el "futuro", los alienígenas, los UFO y toda esa porquería de la ciencia ficción que les meten en la cabeza y los vuelve dependientes de los juegos, el internet y toda esa basura idiotizante sin contar las famosas teorías de conspiración, a nadie le interesa, la historia, la arqueología, las costumbres de los pueblos indígenas, su lenguaje y formas de comunicarse, sus interacciones, para qué?, si son cosas para nerds solamente, pués yo fuí nerd, soy nerd y a mis 72 años sigo siendo nerd, a mucha honra, me gusta investigar, estudiar, conocer, leer, porque es conocimiento.Gracias Tony y Dre por el documental, siempre escuché que en un lugar llamado Bella Pluma en la costa sur de Oriente había una comunidad taína y hace años en un libro de texto escolar (que ya debe haber desaparecido del sistema de educación de Cuba), hasta pude ver fotos de sus habitantes , entonces yo era muy jovencita y me parecîa increíble, sino imposible que existieran y ahora veo ésto que grabaron e hicieron ustedes y me han dejado sin palabras.
I am of Taino heritage on my mother's side and managed to track a long lost relative through an ancestral DNA project, she shared with me that two of her maternal family members left Cuba for Jamaica to escape the Spanish, also some Jamaican Maroons who also lived on the island when the Tainos were there as a culture also intermarried and therefore share the heritage.
+Lloyd Stewart Very true. The Maroons will tell you this themselves. And if you look at traditional Jamaican spiritual practices, there are many aspects that survived to this day like working with the Zemis, nature spirits. And all Jamaicans still eat bami. There's a lot of research that needs to be done in all of the Islands so that we can finally tell the accurate story of our history.
Tony Not sure if you telling the truth, or you making this shit as you go, It was the other way around. slaves would escape from their english, french and Dutch settlements, cause Spaniard will make them free,cause this slaves didnt belong to spain. I don't believe any slave move to Haiti or Jamaica from a Spanish settlement. Get your shit straight before you look like a fool in The front of people who really knows their history
lol stop
@@josecaraballo6326 *tribes are not races but i bet your DNA is east ASIAN MONGOLOID from siberia & CAUCAZOID...*
@@averlist647 *YOU MONGOLOIDS mixed with CAUCAZOIDS go out of your way to avoid the blatant evidence of ancient black CULTURES in the americas; THE GRAND CANYON, THE OLMECS & AZTECS... GOOGLE (AZTEC COUPLE) & TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE BCZ I KNOW YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER 2 BUT ANYWAY: PROFESSOR JIN LEE (LEADING GENETIC SCIENTIST IN CHINA)HAS PROVEN THAT WITHOUT A DOUBT "ALL NON BLACK PPL ARE MUTATIONS OF BLACK PPL & PALE SKIN IS ONLY 6000YRS OLD..." NON-BLACK HISPANIC MEN TEACH THE WOMEN IN THEIR CULTURE TO AVOID BLACK MEN BUT THE WOMEN AREN'T FOOLISH, "THEY KNOW WHY!!!" WE FUCK BETTER, COOK BETTER, HAVE MILLIONS OF YEARS WORTH OF HISTORY ACCORDING TO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE & ARTIFACTS, WAY MORE CREATIVE, MENTALLY BALANCED & STRONGER THAN YOU'LL EVER IMAGINE!!! **#FACTS*
Wow, thank you for this. Respect, honor, and love to my Taíno ancestors and relatives. We are still here. ✊🏽
Tainos are alive . God Bless them and bless us all his descendant's forever.
I went to school in Puerto Rico and in the states and when i went to school
in the island they said my ancestors were dead . Just like they teach the afro americans false history lesson;s about what they are and where they come from they do in the island.
why believe the lie's that have been taught . ask, look, search, find . Hunger to know your past . dont beleive blindly what u think is true ,to know your past is to know yourself. and know them your ancestors where ever they come from . Peace be with all.
Joseph i saw a.documentary of a tribe in south America your right
Joseph you meant4000 bc
Dominicans also has taino in them proud of it
@Jose Moran wym?
You're right my brother 👊👊💪 I'm Dominican and My taino DNA is 24% and I'm very proud of my Dominican and Taino heritage.
Andy 1999 Dominicans are mostly black mix
@@OnAComeUpChea Most Puerto Rican ,Dominican and Cuban have the same mixed, African, Taino, and and Europeans. It doesn't matter how light-skinned we are there's always a percentage of African in our blood. We are all African descendants. your wrong about Dominican are mostly black . There are a lot of small towns in Dominican Republic that are predominantly white- mestizo trust me I lived there.
Fire Fly Dominicans are mostly black.. they don’t have predominant Taino mixture
To the filmmaker and cinematographer: This is a very important film on many levels; it's dynamic, compelling, really felt that I was there with you most of the time... Thank you so much for seeking truth and letting it speak for itself. Will you be making "The Last Siboney" next? God, I would love that....
My dad is 92 yrs old he is from Puerto Rico and is taino indian i am his strongest child so he pass his gift to me indian spirts im proud of my indian roots i feel them they are always with me where ever i go they protect me
Thankyou
Its not indian. India is in asia.
just go to El cibao Dominican Republic..... there's huge communities of people that look like these people.
cibaenos look very mulattoid
respectfully disagree, the cibao is where the many tainos fled to hide from the spanish, many assisted by priest and churches in the respected areas. I dont say this to say you are wrong, but we're more than just mullato. My Grand mother is from SF de macoris, and she was half Asian. also, Remember in the late 19th century there were huge diaspora of different cultures entering the country, including 90k+ middle easterners.
ar po no le pare. Yo soy del sur y soy triracial y esta gente quiere que nosotros seamos nadamas negro
ar po they are more white there like very white my family are from their
my brother took the dna test and he's 36% native american, our parents are from salcedo. cibaoooooo.
shout out and much love to my taino brothers and sisters. from a maori brother (native new zealander) you dont look that much different to us! maybe it was both our rich vibrant past civilisations and trading between us that make us look similar in certain ways, maori used to travel to the americas and trade with indians before columbus even set foot there. the day we as indigenous people around the world form a great nation under 1 flag is the day we realize we have the power to do anything!
I feel so emotional watching this! So much resilience. 💙❤️
Soy Taino! Always and forever. My father passed down this heritage to me, and I will pass it down to my children!
I'm from Puerto Rico, and my family is from Hatillo and Arecibo with a few in Morovis. My family was told, and many of us believe that the Taino are gone. That our ancestors as well as the ancestors of those on the islands while mixed are all that's left. It's often in a passing statement. "We have Taino ancestors, but that doesn't mean much." Seeing that the indigenous ancestry still has value it connects us to our sister islands and the Caribbean. We are all connected and descended from the Arawak peoples of the Caribbean! We are Tainos and connected not just to the land, but in our very roots!
Taino is in every Caribbean's blood. That will never change.
And they still exist stop the fetish our people arawaks still exist in Guyana 100% native American still here and some still exist in the thousands in Cuba thank God
the tainos are very much alive don't be fooled Cubans Dominicans and Puerto Rican's Aruba's all have native American taino ancestry and taino ancestors. also the kalinago are also taino not just carib and they are very much alive in Dominica and Barbados
Constantine Aze ... Exactly" You are well informed. Taino Strong"
Thank you for mentioning the Kalinago (Garinagu). The Garifuna (Garinagu) language is mostly Arawak with some Kalina/ Garina (Carib). Any Arawak speaking his or her language sounds like the language I hear my mother speak.
I'm Dominican and Trinidadian my grandpa on my Dominican side is Taino he has olive/fair skin silky hair meanwhile the other side of my family is brown and have just good puffy curly hair but I didn't get my Taino features I just got my Trinidad side features 🤔
Bravo!!! ¡Gracias hermanos! What an educating and inspiring footage you captured!! Thank you for putting the efforts, thoughtfulness, respect to the Taínos and always praises to our mighty Lord.... Well done!
Were still here I'm %100 Cuban I saw a pic of my great grand parents Very taino
Cuba is a place not a race. DNA test proves how taino we are
I am 18% Native American, 13% African, the rest is mostly Iberian and Greco Roman. I am Boricua. Naci en el monte.
La jente nativa de nuestras Islas caribennas nunca murieron simple mente vive en cada uno de nosotros. Just in our DNA.
Thank you for making this arduous journey to be able to inform us in the rest of the world about the truth of these people.
The Caribbean Islands...Tainos Exist" Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Barbados, The Greater Antilles.
@@byronscott8108sorry to be that guy but most of y’all are predominantly black I don’t even know how Haiti got here we all damn well they all black of African descent with some French and polish. There little to no indigenous ancestry
@@Stoicsaiyan lol peace and love
Documento histórico sin duda. La verdad es que me quedé sorprendida. Yo estoy casada con un taíno borinqueño, ósea de Puerto Rico. Mi hijo pequeño llega a conocer a su tatarabuela cuál era taína, hace 26 años. Y un año después falleció. Los taínos viven entre todas esas personas que todavía llevan la sangre taína.
The Taino blood is still well and alive in me as well. I have pictures to prove it. Viva los latinos. Que viva PR!
My grandfather was a taino, my mom alway spoke of him. He had two long braids.And a store in Carolina Puertto Rico moms 91 god bless her.
I'm here 14% Taino DNA Boricua
Joey Medina wepa.....
I am from PR and this was such a wonderful vid. I am so curious to see if I may have some Taino Indian DNA
Take a DNA test
Me siento muy orgullosa de llevar rasgos físicos de la raza taína. Es importante cuidar la tradición y mantenerla viva . Me alegra haber visto este documental Dios los bendiga
wow I am just unbelievably impressed so glad Taino Indians are still there GOd bless them
I'm puerto rican Taino my DNA is 36% Native American
Jose Ortiz Wow! Hasta ahora es el porcentaje más alto que he visto. De qué pueblo eres?
I'm calling bs
Wow I'm 8.6%
Lots of Puerto Rican’s, Dominicans, and Cubans have far distant Taino ancestry
@@almaguillot8597 i saw a Puerto Rican guy get 40% and he actually looks like it so 🤷🏽♀️
im here. tainos are still alive. my dna test shows 15% native blood.
yes you are 😎
That's right Mama :) keep the culture alive! We're rooting for you (Taino as well)
Cherpy LaTina Not really.........
+tamar tamar not really what
Cherpy LaTina that you are a taino indian.......
So far what I have found is that, the part of Puerto Rico were my family is from is from Isabela Puerto Rico were the Cacique Chief indian was Mabodamaca. But I would like to know more!
Wow I loved it so much! So much history we don’t know. Thank you for sharing
God bless you for preserving their knowledge and recording their traditions. Keep it alive!!! Keep recording it!!!
Dios Bendiga mi gente ,mi sangre. Y los traiga de vuelta. TAINO.
This made me cry I’m so proud to have Taíno blood running in my veins
We the Taino Indians were there before are here still and will always be here!
Hermoso documental,pude notar los rasgos tainos en algunas mujeres del documental como la esposa de Pachito y otras. En Puerto Rico quedan algunos Rostros dispersos. Yo orgulloso de mi herencia Taina.
Gracias por tan excelente trabajo, por su tenacidad y mostrarnos esta realidad tal cual. En Puerto Rico también en el área montañosa existen Tainos con sus características físicas distintivas como diente de pala, de corta estatura, cabello lacio y negro, etc. Dios bendiga y proteja esta raza que fueron los primeros pobladores de nuestras hermosas islas caribeñas.
Rescataremos a todas nuestras raices y razas! Dios bendiga a todo los cubanos en el mundo y en el YARA! Bendicones! 🇨🇺🙏🏻🇺🇸 Native Pride!
Such an interesting doc. This is still happening today, albeit in a much different manner. It's a shame how many Latinos under 25 years old dont even know or speak Spanish, and think it is not a big deal because they are in America. Truly sad what is happening. i also like his comments on Fidel, he is easily one of the most misrepresented leaders.
+dblocknyc GO STUDY! they have to speak their only lanquage Hebrew not English,. or their captive people lanquage please!!. like we do,.. your very unimformed about your heritage go study?
dblocknyc+ ..Barbara vire its not the( Spanish lanquage)) neither Ms. they learned that in captivity hell-o. You need to go and study
tainos are my spajnsh speakers we are suppose to speak the taino language
How do you say, "Hello, How are you"? in Taino.?
AGREE! NOW THE GRINGAS ARE BILINGUAL BECAUSE OF OUR YOUTH EMBARRASSED TO SPEAK SPANISH ESPECIALLY CHICANOS THEY WILL TELL YOU IN A MINUTE i DON'T SPEAK SPANISH WITH A FUCKEN LAST NAME LIKE JIMENEZ, ..NO ME DIGAS CARAJO, WITH PARENTS THAT DID NOT SPEAK A WORD OF ENGLISH BUT YET THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND SPANISH!!! REALLY?? I HAD BEEN TOLD THAT MANY TIMES BY MY CHICANO FRIENDS. NOT ALL SOME ARE PROUD BUT THE ONES i KNOW FROM L.A. DID NOT UTTER A WORD IN SPANISH UNLESS IT WAS A CURSE WORD...DON'T AGREE ON FIDEL
SOY PUERTORRIQUEÑA Y MIS DOS ABUELAS ESPAÑOLAS CRIADAS EN PUERTORRICO Y MIS ABUELOS DE PUERTORRIQUEÑOS, LOS CUATRO LOS MAS BELLOS DEL MUNDO.
AMO MIS RAZAS.
I am Cuban, DNA testing at ancestry tells me I am 99% European and 1%Native American (Taino). So, yes, I am proud to see that some Taino still is here with me.
Al Morcate that’s cool! I always wondered why so many Cubans look white though
@@jaqueswilliams5192your wondering why ? 😂😂 I’m Cuban and you don’t need a brain to wonder why.. Cuba was a victim of colonization just like almost nation on planet earth, many Canary islanders and Galicians arrived in Cuba same with basques and Catalans. So Cuban are generally going to be whiter, but that doesn’t mean that we aren’t genetically diverse. In the End of the day are Spanish ancestors were rebellious to there forefathers and freed slaves and seeked independence from Spain. They married black people and natives so that’s white even white Cubans have traces of native and African. We are remnants of those rebellious men and women who rose up against the Spanish empire
Good video thanks
I am happy Taino still live. Yo nací Humacao Puerto Rico. America siempre es Native América. We need to protect ours Taino and Native América.
so greatful that I watched this great effort to document a piece of our culture that has been hidden. thank you for your courage and defiance. thank you gracias mi hermanos. bendiciones al tribu.
Gracias por este documental. Siempre e querido saber de mis raices. Mi papa es Taino cubano de Guatanamo. Es muy triste q no tengo nada. Y ellos estan tan viejitos q triste q se a perdido y tan pocos. 😢 esta por extinguirse de verdad. 😔
Caribbean food is a reminder that their culture is alive and well.
wow que melodia tiene el senor al hablar. Gracias por documental. Dios te dio la fortaleza y recursos. te abrio las puertas en cada esquina que llegastes porque esta historia tenia que ser documentada. que dios te siga bendiciendo,
My great grandmother is 100% Taína! She married my great grand father who moved to the island from Spain! May both of them continue to rest in paradise! ❤️
Victoria M. Of course she was
Omg that’s so cool!
So who is the black one then?
This documentary is amazing!! Me encantoooo! I’ve been so fascinated by the Tainos lately! It’s so incredible to know that they actually exist in Cuba. There’s not that many Cubans that have taken DNA tests honestly. I’ve seen many Puerto Rican’s take it and most of them get like 12% to 21% as an average. Though I have seen only one guy get 32% I still find it cool as fuck!!! I feel like PR has the most taino DNA within people compared to seeing Dominicans taking the test. I hope there’s still Tainos out there that are above 30% :))))!!!
SON. idéntico. a los Dominicanos civaeño. hi. a. los. taino. puerto riqueño. de verdad. que cuando escuchava ese señor. y. la. señora cantando se. me. salieron la. lágrima no me pude contener. porque en el corazón yo. se. que. tengo. raise taína. y. un. por ciento alto.
wao very interesting documentary . I am from Panama and I believe that Taino still exist and the are all along the caribbean Islands . and they won't dissapear . the lady looks like a native indian I believe she is 100% Tain
finally got to see this. very cool and interesting.
+Ralph Garcia allright Esau!!
I found this ducumentary to strengthen that wich I knew was in my heart."taino ti" to all.
I'm puerto rican. or should i say... taino indian.
From a long time ago though. Most Puerto Rican’s have a large amount of Spanish European as well as most Hispanics do
@@jaqueswilliams5192 We do have lots of European ancestry, but through our mothers and through the conquests and rape... We Puerto Ricans share our Taino roots with all the Caribbean peoples. We are mestizo not something people like talking about in the context of our origins, but it's what connects us to these people across the islands. Spaniards did conquer and massacre our Taino ancestors, but they could never wipe out their seeds which bore from the same tree. Our ancestral mothers are that tree if you will. We are all connected because Europeans and Africans took Indians as their "wives" and their children are us. We don't deny our Spanish roots, but many of us want to identify more with our Taino ancestors than the Europeans who abandoned us and abused us throughout our history. For those that are mixed we could never be accepted in European societies or African or even Indian, but in that loss we have gained a new pride as we are all of them and yet none, but with that mixture something more.
Beautiful Documentary. Raw and unadulterated
Thank you!
I’m a TAINO ! 🇵🇷we are still here
gracias por este reporte. VIVA EL TAINO INDIGENOS.
Es súper triste..Y es por los pendejos españoles
what caught my interest in this video about the last Taino people they called their village a Rancheria in Central Ca in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada there are native American rancherias Indian communities pockets left from gold rush era genocide yokut, miwok, maidu, wintun, pomo, karok
That was awesome, Thank you!
I am Cuban and born in cammague and touched to tears of your work. But sanden how man easily cancels others for wealth. Cimmilarity of too many indigenous people around our world had to suffer. And still suffer. Great job
Yellow man was lookin' like, "these fools wrecked my whip" jajaja!
This is the best video ,I did a DNA test and iam 7% taino from cuba what on honor.
@mangasfilms Great documentary, I do hope you hooked them up with some gifts or things that would be useful to them 🤔 for there time and hospitality ( especially since it’s part of our culture)
Cuba 🇨🇺 and Brazil 🇧🇷 is the only Latin country that ont shy to show their black peoples
Zoe Boy amen
Very true