crouchingtiger-hiddennegro:

Yo don’t forget the Taino people on Columbus Day

• The were the first people to come in contact with the murderous bastard who enslaved their people and kidnapped their children
• It’s often assumed the Taino’s were “wiped out” they weren’t
• Taino/Arawak* people are from Caribbean islands mainly (from my limited knowledge) Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Haiti.
• We as Indigenous people need to remember not to wash away the histories of other Nations not in North America
• Remember while we all have suffered since Columbus got lost, these people especially in Puerto Rico and Haiti still suffer from American Imperialism

*correction Arawak folks from what I am being told are from northern South America & some Caribbean isles but are a separate nation from the Tainos. I mixed up very sorry to any Arawak folks who have seen this.

*I’ll add more corrections as I learn them

Remember Tainos on Columbus Day