Atabey: The First Mother of Borikén

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Written beautifully by Luna Divina, this article highlights the creative power of Atabey and how the earliest Taínos revered her. Today Atabey embraces that those living on the islands and throughout the diaspora. “Atabey is not just…

Vieques: Decades of Forced Sacrifice

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Written by Luna Divina on the Substack, Daughter of the Diaspora.
This is an image of a petroglyph, or rock carving in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. It sits beside the shore of Ensenada Honda (Deep Cove).

The United Confederation of Taíno People

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The United Confederation of Taíno People (UCTP) is an indigenous representative institution established in 1998 to promote the self-determination and protection of the human rights, culture, traditions, and sacred lands of Taíno and other…

The Sweetest Sounds

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In this episode, Roberto looks at what we know about the Taíno language, the limitations that exist in our knowledge, and its impact on how we speak today.

Puerto Ricans Continue Protests Against US Militarism and War Threats

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This is an article by Brett Wilkins published on November 12, 2025, highlighting the continued protests in Puerto Rico against military intervention and action against fishing vessels.

La Historia Boricua: The Peopling of Puerto Rico

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In this episode, Roberto looks at the information available about the evolution of the Indigenous peoples who first populated Puerto Rico, based on the most recent evidence, as well as their contribution to Taíno culture and, eventually, to our Puerto Rican identity.

Podcast: La Historia Boricua – A History of Puerto Rico and her People

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Podcast by Roberto Gil Cancel Comas focused on the history of Puerto Rico. Audio can be listened to in both Spanish and English.

Reconsidering the lives of the earliest Puerto Ricans: Mortuary Archaeology and bioarchaeology of the Ortiz site

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We possess rather little detailed information on the lives of the first inhabitants of Puerto Rico—the so-called “Archaic” or “Pre-Arawak” people—despite more than a century of archeological research.
This is an image of a petroglyph, or rock carving in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. It sits beside the shore of Ensenada Honda (Deep Cove).

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This is an image of a petroglyph, or rock carving in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. It sits beside the shore of Ensenada Honda (Deep Cove).

Current Perspectives in the Precolonial Archaeology of Puerto Rico

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During the past two decades, many of the traditional conceptions about the configuration of the cultural landscape of precolonial Puerto Rico have been critically addressed from both political and disciplinary perspectives. Colonialist undercurrents…