Ancient DNA reconstructs the genetic legacies of pre-contact Puerto Rico communities
Genetics, Indigeneity
September 2019
Abstract
Indigenous peoples have occupied the island of Puerto Rico since at least 3000 B.C. Due to the demographic shifts that occurred after European contact, the origin(s) of these ancient populations, and their genetic…
Anthropological genetic insights on Caribbean population history
Genetics, Indigeneity
By Maria Alejandra Nieves Colon, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Abstract
As the last American region settled by humans, yet the first to experience European colonization, the Caribbean islands have a complex history characterized…
An Ancient Ceiba Tree Blooms Once Again After Puerto Rico’s Devastating Storms
Military, Vieques
BY ALEXANDER C. KAUFMAN, MARCH 6, 2019
The island of Vieques is still struggling after the hurricanes of 2017, but its most famous tree offers hope.
It’s been a year and a half since hurricanes Irma and Maria pummeled Vieques,…
What Became of the Taíno?
Colonialism, Indigeneity
Robert M. Poole October 2011
The Indians who greeted Columbus were long believed to have died out. But a journalist’s search for their descendants turned up surprising results
If you have ever paddled a canoe, napped in a hammock,…
Women and the Puerto Rican Labor Movement
Labor movement, Sterilization, Women
MILAGROS DENIS AND RACHEL POOLEY
In December 1898, at the close of the Spanish-American War, Spain surrendered control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the United States. Though Cuba achieved nominal independence in 1902, in 1917 Puerto…
Puerto Rican Labor Movement: Magazine, Eleanor Roosevelt
Labor movement, WomenEleanor Roosevelt, "Puerto Rican Labor Movement: Magazine," 1934, Children and Youth in History
Whose Legacy?: Voicing Women’s Rights from the 1870s to the 1930s
WomenIn 1990 I interviewed Puerto Rican women--feminist critics, sociologists, and writers--for a project on Caribbean women's discourse.
The Dark History of Forced Sterilization of Latina Women
Sterilization, WomenBetween the 1930s and the 1970s, approximately one-third of the female population of Puerto Rico was sterilized, making it highest rate of sterilization in the world.
Colonial Citizens of a Modern Empire: War, Illiteracy, and Physical Education in Puerto Rico, 1917-1930
Colonialism, MilitaryThe year 1917 marked a critical moment in the relationship between the United States and its Puerto Rican colony.
From Sugar Plantations to Military Bases: The U.S. Navy‘s Expropriations in Vieques, Puerto Rico, 1940–45
Military, ViequesDuring World War II the U.S. Federal Government took over approximately 26,000 acres out of a total of 33,000 in the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, to build military installations.