Social Studies: The Tainos

Social Studies: The Tainos

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​The Taíno were an Arawak people who were the indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida. At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico.

​What the tanios were know for.

​Skilled at agriculture and hunting, Taínos were also good sailors, fishermen, canoe makers, and navigators. Their main crops were cassava, garlic, potatoes, yautías, mamey, guava, and anón. They had no calendar or writing system, and could count only up to twenty, using their hands and feet.

​Dress

​Generally speaking, the Tainos were sparsely dressed, but the married women wore apron - like cloth called NAGUAS for covering. Thier bodies were decorated with beatiful arnaments, piercings and paintings.

​The End

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