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The Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: The Tainos

The Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: The Tainos. Migratory Patterns of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. Crossed the Bering Strait around 18, 000 years ago This was during the last Ice Age An “ice bridge” was created across the strait

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The Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: The Tainos

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  1. The Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: The Tainos

  2. Migratory Patterns of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas • Crossed the Bering Strait around 18, 000 years ago • This was during the last Ice Age • An “ice bridge” was created across the strait • Earlier groups were pushed further south by later groups • The first of these groups followed herds of caribou, buffalo, and seals as the animals move from one feeding ground to the next

  3. The Tainos: Location • Located in the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Trinidad • Migrated from South America • Generally on the run from the Kalinagos

  4. The Tainos: Social Organization • Lived in temporary houses • Houses were round with steep thatched roofs • The chief’s house was rectangular and held several rooms • Villages had separate dwellings for the gods • Some villages had a ball court where the game batos was played

  5. The Tainos: Religious Organization • Religion involved nature worship, ancestor worship and protective magic • Believed in male sky-god and a female earth-god • Many other nature gods and ancestral spirits • Gods represented by zemis • Tainos also believed in life after death

  6. The Tainos: Social Organization • Village was the home of related people • Property, land, food, canoes and tools wee owned in common • There was division of work between men and women • Women plant crops, and did the cooking • Men prepared the fields, hunted, and fished

  7. The Tainos: Political Organization • The cacique was the leader of the Taino • The position was hereditary • The cacique was: • a religious leader • A judge • The cacique was helped by nobles or nitayanos • He was honoured with the best food and several wives

  8. The Tainos: Economic Organization • Tainos were subsistence farmers • Engaged in “slash and burn” agriculture • Produced a variety of crops that included: • Maize • Cassava • Sweet potatoes • Cotton • Tobacco • Fishing and hunting was also important

  9. The Tainos: Technology • Pottery was made from local red and gray clay • Tools and weapons were made from wood, stone and shell • Excellent at basket weaving • Skillful at building dugout canoes

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