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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,…
Espiritismo:The Flywheel of the Puerto Rican Spiritual Traditions
Religion / Spirituality
by Edil Torres Rivera, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Abstract
Espiritismo (spiritism) is a wide-spread religious practice among Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans in the United States. Espiritismo has been found…