Gu'ahia Taíno - We Speak Taíno
A precedent-setting, updated dictionary, and grammar guide for the Indigenous Classic Taíno Language developed by Indigenous Taíno leaders. The publication features historical review on the development of the Classic Taíno Language, in-depth comparative analysis with related and unrelated regional Indigenous languages, introductory grammar and syntax, detailed tables for focused study, a comprehensive word listing featuring simplified spelling, phonetic pronunciations, botanical information, updated taxonomic identifiers for plants and animals, an Indigenous-centered presentation of word definitions, and word source information for each entry.
Selected Publications by Roberto Múkaro Borrero
A Taíno Perspective on Feminism, Introduction to Feminist Thought and Action, pp. 66-68, Routledge, NY and London 2019
U.S. Government is an Unprecedented No Show at Human Rights Hearing, Native News Online, March 2017
Trump’s Executive Orders Violate Treaties, Indian Country Today, February 2017
Taino Affirmation in the 21st Century: Proliferating Committees of Consciousness Within and Out of the Caribbean, Taino Legacies, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, http://www.tainolegacies.com/170582894, June 2013
Conflict Resolution from a Taino Perspective: A Look at Traditional Taino Forms of Conflict Resolution and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (pp. 4-15), Eastern & Indigenous Perspectives on Conflict Resolution, International Center for Cultural Studies USA Inc., Pennsylvania, October 2013
A response to the claim of Taíno extinction, The Venture, December 2011
Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Knowledge, and Climate Change: Remembering the Seventh Generation to Come, pp.50-51, Celebrating NGOs: 60 Years with the United Nations – The Journey Continues, United Nations NGO-DPI Conference, Sept. 2007
Indigenous Medicinal Plants of the Americas: An Introduction to the Development, Usage, And Legacy of Natural Resources by American Indians, International Center for Cultural Studies, Mumbai, India, 2003
Korokote, Red Ink Magazine, University of Arizona, Vol. 9 No.2/Vol. 10 No. 1, p. 67, 2001
Boianani: A Taino Girl’s First Adventure
Author: Lesley-Gail Atkinson-Swaby, 2019
The lifestyle of Jamaican Tainos has been vividly exposed in a children’s storybook titled, “Boianani: A Taino Girl’s First Adventure” by Dr Lesley-Gail Atkinson Swaby.
