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Paperback Taino Book

ISBN: 1682753484

ISBN13: 9781682753484

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"Jos? [Barreiro] writes the true story in Ta?no--the Native view of what Columbus brought. Across the Americas, invasion, and resistance, the Ta?no story repeated many times over." - Chief Oren Lyons (Joagquisho), Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation The story of what really happened when Columbus arrived in the "New World," as told by the Ta?no people who were impacted In 1532, an elderly Ta?no man named Guaik?n sits down to write his story--an in-depth account of what happened when Columbus landed on Caribbean shores in 1492. As a boy, Guaik?n was adopted by Columbus, uniquely positioning him to tell the story of Columbus's "discovery," directing our gaze where it rightfully belongs--on the Indigenous people for whom this land had long been home. Revised and updated by author Jos? Barreiro (himself a descendant of the Ta?no people) with new information and a new introduction, this richly imagined novel updates Guaik?n's carefully crafted narrative, chronicling what happened to the Ta?no people when Columbus arrived and how their lives and culture were ruptured. Through Guaik?n's story, Barreiro penetrates the veil that still clouds the "discovery" of the Americas and in turn gives

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