Historians once said the inhabitants of the Caribbean islands were extinct within 160 years of Columbus's arrival. But new research shows that isn't true.

It’s not even clear about the ethnicity of Christopher Columbus! The guys who came with him were mixed with Moors, with Sephardic Jews, with Basques—a great mixture that was going on. That ...

History books, even new books, say the Taíno people have perished. But the Indigenous people of the Caribbean encountered by Christopher Columbus have not died away, she said. “I’m here.

That rhyme has long been how American students were introduced to Christopher Columbus in elementary school. Students are taught that Columbus is the one who discovered the Americas, sailing ...

The first indigenous people encountered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 are not always widely recognized. Patricia Chali’naru Dones, a Newton resident, works to preserve the culture of Puerto ...

Relegated to a footnote of history for 500 years, the Taíno came roaring back as front-page news in 2003, when Juan C. Martínez Cruzado, a biologist at the University of Puerto Rico, announced ...