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Native American Tribes of Puerto Rico

This is an index to the Native American language and cultural information on our website pertaining to Puerto Rican Indian tribes. Some pages contain more information than others. If you belong to an indigenous tribe from Puerto Rico that is not currently listed on this page and you would like to see it here, please contact us about contributing information to our site.

The original inhabitants of the area that is now Puerto Rico included:

The Taino Indians

The Inyeri Indians

Other resources about American Indian history, culture and society in Puerto Rico:

Indigenous Languages of the Caribbean
Collection of materials about the lost and endangered Indian languages of the Caribbean region.

Review of the Indigenous Caribbean
Online journal of cultural information about the Native inhabitants of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation of Boriken
Official homepage of the Taino tribe of Puerto Rico.

Taíno Vocabulary in Puerto Rico
List of Taino loanwords used in Puerto Rican Spanish, with their meanings.

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