Jamaica Plain is known for its color—both metaphorically and literally. From its independent shops and diverse population to the countless murals adorning the sides of businesses and residences, one ...
Although it’s commonly believed that the indigenous Taíno were extirpated after Spanish conquest in 1511, their bloodlines, identity and customs were never completely extinguished. A commonly repeated ...
An ancient tooth has proven Taíno indigenous Americans are not extinct, as long believed, but have living descendants in the Caribbean today. Researchers made the discovery when they used the ...
For as long as historians have posited that the Caribbean’s indigenous Taíno population was wiped out within 50 to 100 years of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the New World, individuals have ...
Jamaica Plain is known for its color—both metaphorically and literally. From its independent shops and diverse population to the countless murals adorning the sides of businesses and residences, one ...