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By José Barreiro

"Written" by way of Guaikán, the aged Taino guy who, in his formative years, was once followed by way of Christopher Columbus and observed heritage spread, Taino is the Indian chronicle of the yankee come upon, the local view on Columbus and what occurred within the Caribbean. This novel, in response to a real tale, penetrates the historic veil that also enshrines the "discovery."

Presently a senior fellow on the Smithsonian nationwide Museum of the yank Indian, José Barreiro is a novelist, essayist, and an activist of approximately 4 many years on American indigenous hemispheric topics. Barreiro is a member of the Taino kingdom of the Antilles.

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