After so much disconnect and interference by the world powers, much of our culture has been lost. The language, religion, artifacts, it’s almost all gone.

We are rebuilding.

The bright side is that there is a lot of good leadership and we now have representatives in the UN trying to protect us.

My blood carries little of the DNA that is Taíno and after my daughters are gone, I believe that blood will be gone. But, as time evolves all people, I hope the tribe will still be intact and thriving. We may have lost all our ancestral lands and be scattered around the America’s but I think we are here to stay.