In our journey to discover our Taíno heritage, I planned a few years ago a trip to Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center. The center is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico and it is one of the most important archaeological discoveries made in the Antilles. The center has a museum that isRead More →
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is celebrated in October and Native American Heritage Month is celebrated during the month of November. Last year I wrote a lengthy post on Taíno children’s books to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day but somehow I lost it when I updated my blog. Eeek! I know! Nonetheless, IRead More →
If you’ve been following me for a while you’ve probably read my series Discovering our Taíno Ancestry. It is a four part installment series that you can find here: El Cemí y Dujo: Discovering Our Taíno Ancestry, Do It Yourself Petroglyph: Discovering Our Taino Ancestry, and Story Time with Kiki Kokí: Discovering OurRead More →
This is our last and fourth installment of our series Discovering Our Taíno Ancestry. In our recent trip to Puerto Rico we bought a great selection of books in Spanish. Our favorite is Kiki Kokí La Leyenda Encantada del Coquí (Kiki Kokí The Enchanted Legend of the Coquí).Read More →
During our past summer vacation I really, really wanted to take little man, and my husband to the La Cueva del Indio to see firsthand the Taíno petroglyphs. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, we weren’t able to go. This is a picture of a petroglyph in La CuevaRead More →
Today’s post is all about learning more in detail about the cemíes and dujos. Luckily I was able to purchase small replicas during our visit to Puerto Rico this past summer, and he used those to make his own. Little man had fun making the cemíes and dujos with playRead More →