Below is an overview of the
Arawak/Taino
Indians, the original natives of the land today called
Haiti (and Dominican Republic). This is not so much an original treatment, but I
pulled a lot of
material together from about a dozen sources, so it's more like an extended
report.
The word genocide
is an interesting
term. Etymologically it means the killing of an entire gens,
a whole people. The word is used a good deal in politically charged language
these days with
people often charging that some group or other is attempting genocide. Certainly
Adolf Hitler
and the Third Reich of Germany attempted it on the Jews of Europe, and failed.
As far as I know,
the only case in history of where complete and total genocide was carried out
was here on the
island of Hispaniola. The entire GENS, the whole people of the native Americans
of the
Arawak/Taino people were wiped out. It is a horrible and astonishing
story.
Excerpts from: Pre-Columbian Hispaniola - Arawak/Taino Indians
The entire story
by Bob Corbett
Related links
Taino Caves.
Museo del Hombre Dominicano
