List of Taínos

This is a list of known Taíno, some of whom were caciques (male and female tribal chiefs).

The Taíno are the Indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles – especially in Guadeloupe, Dominica and Martinique. The Taíno ("Taíno" means "family"), were peaceful seafaring people and distant relatives of the Arawak people of South America.

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| Abey

| Cacique (Chief) of yucayeque-(village) in the area of Abeyno Salinas, Puerto Rico. He fled to Hispaniola to what now is Dominican Republic after the 1511-16 Taino rebellion.

| Acanorex

| Cacique on Ayiti (currently Hispaniola)

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| Agüeybaná (The Great Sun)

| Cacique whose name means "The Great Sun" was "Supreme Cacique" in Puerto Rico who welcomed Juan Ponce de León and the conquistadors. His yucayeque was on the Guayanilla Bay area. He was also known as Guaybana

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|Agüeybaná II (The Brave)

| Cacique Agüeybaná's brother. Agüeybaná II, who was also known as Güeybaná and Guaybana II, led the Taíno rebellion of 1511 in Puerto Rico against the Spanish settlers.

| Alonso

| Minor Cacique of (Otoao) Utuado, Puerto Rico.

| Amanex

| Cacique on Hispaniola

|Anacaona

| Cacica on Hispaniola. Wife of Caonabo, the Cacique of Maguana and sister of Cacique Bohechío, when his brother died, she became the Cacica of Jaragua. Reported to have had friendly encounters with escaped slaves.

| Aramaná

| Cacique around Coa (Toa) river in Puerto Rico.

| Aramoca

| Cacique on Hispaniola

| Ayamuynuex

| Cacique on Hispaniola

| Baguanao

| Cacique of Matanzas, Cuba Father of Cibayara

| Biautex

| Cacique on Hispaniola

| Cacicaná

| Cacique of Cueybá Cuba Provided food and shelter to Alonso de Ojeda who was shipwrecked on the Island of Cuba he was accompanied by seventy men and was seeking help. The pirate Bernardino de Talavera took Ojeda prisoner. A hurricane struck Talaveras ship and Talavera made amends and helped each other, despite their efforts the ship was shipwrecked at Jagua, Sancti Spíritus, on the south coast of Cuba. Ojeda decided to travel along the coast on foot with Talavera and his men in order to reach Maisí Point from where they would be able to get to Hispaniola. However, the party faced a number of difficulties en route and half of the men died of hunger, illness or other hardships that they met along the way. The sole possession remaining to Ojeda was an image of the Virgin Mary, which he had carried with him since he left Spain. He made a promise on this image that he would build a church dedicated to her in the first village that he reached where he was given hospitality. A little later, and with only a dozen men and the pirate Talavera still surviving, he arrived in the district of Cueybá where the chief Cacicaná provided food and shelter. Ojeda was true to his word and he built a small hermitage to the Virgin in the village, which was venerated by the local people. The party was rescued by Pánfilo de Narváez and taken to Jamaica, where Talavera was imprisoned for piracy. From Jamaica Ojeda returned to Hispaniola (Dominican Republic / Haiti where he learned that Fernández de Enciso had been able to relieve the colonists who had stayed in San Sebastián modern day Municipality of Necoclí in the subregion Urabá in the department Antioquia, Colombia.

| Cacimar

| Cacique of Caribe ancestry, his yucayeque was in the "Isla de Bieque" (currently known as Vieques, Puerto Rico).

|Caguax

| Cacique of yucayeque by the Turabo River of Caguas, Puerto Rico.

| Caguax II

| Cacique who Reigned over the territory of Sabaneque Çaguax Sagua La Grande, Cuba.

| Canimao

| Cacique of Matanzas, Cuba Husband of Cibayara father of Guacumao.

| Canóbana

| Cacique of yucayeque around Cayniabón river (Río Grande de Loíza), Canóvanas, Puerto Rico.

| Caonabo

| Cacique who ruled the province of Ciguayos (Cayabo or Maguana), now part of the Dominican Republic. Married cacica Anacaona, from the neighboring Jaragua cacicazgo. He and Maynerí destroyed La Navidad.

| Caracamisa

| Cacique of Cuba

| Careta

| Cacique of Peru or Nicaragua

| Casiguaya

| Wife of Guamá Captured in 1521 Hanged herself, Cuba.

| Cayacoa

| Cacique of Higüey, currently in the Dominican Republic. After his death his wife the Cacica, baptized as Dona Ines (no relation to Agueybana's mother) married the Spaniard Miguel Díaza.

| Cotubanamá

| Cacique of Higuey, currently in the Dominican Republic. Fought against the Spanish. He rebelled after a Cacique from Saona Island was assassinated. He was captured and taken to Santo Domingo, where he was hanged.

| Dagüao

| Cacique of yucayeque at Santiago river, Naguabo, Puerto Rico.

| Doña Ines

| Cacica, mother of Caciques Agueybaná and Agüeybaná II of Puerto Rico. Baptised by Juan Ponce de León in the year 1507.

| Doña María

| Cacica, daughter of Cacique Bagnamanay. Her Taíno name is unknown. Lake Enriquillo is named after him.

| Guababo

| Cacique on Hispaniola

| Guacumao

| Cacique of Matanzas, Cuba son of Canimao and Cibayara.

| Guaicaba

| Cacique of Cuba who governed the area of Baní

| Guamayry

| Cacique of Baracoa, Cuba also known as Oliguama. brother of Guamá. took over Chieftainship after he murdered his brother, as stated by Alexo a Taino warrior.

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| Guamá

| Cacique of Cuba fought the Spaniards at Baracoa Guamá was betrayed and murdered by his brother Guamayry also known as Oliguama.

| Guamá II

| Cacique on Hispaniola, today a part of Haiti.

| Guaoconel

| Cacique of Hispaniola

| Guaora

| Cacique of Hispaniola

| Guatiguaná

| Cacique of Hispaniola. He was the first Cacique to organize a rebellion in his land against the Spaniards

| Güaraca

| Cacique of yucayeque in Guayaney in Puerto Rico.

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| Hatuey

| "Supreme" Cacique of Baracoa. Came from Hispaniola to fight the Spanish in Cuba.

| Haübey

| Cacique of Guahaba, in what is now Santo Domingo. He organized a protest against Spanish rule in Cuba, and was jailed and burned alive.

| Iguanamá

| Cacica of Hispaniola; also known as Isabel de Iguanamá

| Jibacoa

| Cacique of the area Majibacoa present day Las Tunas, Cuba

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| Jumacao

| Cacique of the area which includes the current city of Humacao, Puerto Rico, named in his honor.

| Loquillo

| Cacique of the area of Luquillo (named after him) located in the northeastern coast of Puerto Rico. One of the last Cacique to fight against the Spanish invaders of the island.

| Luysa

| Female cacique of Loíza, who converted to Christianity and was killed by the Carib Indians.

| Mabey

| Cacique of Hispaniola; had arrived with Cacique Hatuey fleeing the Spanish on the island, pursued by the Spanish arrived at the Güinía Gold mines, of what is now the province of Villa Clara, Cuba in the municipality of Manicaragua stirring up a rebellion, the Spanish to prevent the rebellion intensified the search of Mabey. The center of operations of Cacique Mabey against the Spanish were at the foot of a hill called La Degollada. In the battle through the mountains, Taino rebels Baconao & Abama (Husband and wife) were killed. Mabey was surrounded and cornered at the edge of a cliff where he and Gálvez fought hand-to-hand the battle lasted various minutes, Gálvez's servant, an ambitious and cruel man saw the possibility of running away with treasure and pretending that he was helping Gálvez pushed both of them down the cliff where they fell to their death. The Spanish arrived with a group of captured Indians found out through Bacanao small daughter who was embracing the body of her dead mother (Abama), the truth about the crime. Gálvez's servant was taken prisoner as so were the Taino rebels and Baconao's Daughter. The Spanish buried Gálvez and left Mabey's cadaver to rot and be eaten by vultures. They then led the procession of indigenous prisoners to the presence of Capitan Vasco de Porcallo, which he ordered to the gallows. There, in the Loma de la Cruz, which bisects the town Güinía neighborhoods, the 12 Indians were hanged, the traitor (Gálvez's servant) was hung by his feet and shot in that position. There is an old legend of the town that on certain occasions people see a blue light on the scene where these events took place, preceded by a woman's scream.

| Mabodomaca

| Cacique in the north west region near Guajataca. Also known as Mabodamaca

| Mabó

| Cacique of Boriquen, from the area of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

| Macuya

| Cacique of the area of Coamo, Puerto Rico

| Majagua

| Cacique of Boriquen, area of Bayamon, Puerto Rico

| Maniabón

| Cacique of Cuba, reigned over what is now Puerto Padre and Las Minas in the Municipality of Majibacoa in Las Tunas Province, Cuba.

| Manicatoex

| Cacique of Hispaniola

| Naguabo

|Cacique near the municipality of Naguabo, Puerto Rico.

| Nibagua

|Cacique of Hispaniola

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| Orocobix

|Cacique of the Jatibonicu region that covering the municipalities of Orocovis, Aibonito, Barranquitas, Morovis and Corozal in Puerto Rico.

| Tínima

|Cacique Princess of Camagüey, Cuba and Daughter of Cacique Camagüebax, Married to Captain Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa

Was also the founder of the Villa de Sancti Spíritus y de Sabaneque.

|Urayoán

|Cacique of "Yucayeque del Yagüeka or Yagueca", who ordered the drowning of Diego Salcedo.

| Yacagüex

|Cacique of Cuba

| Yacahüey

|Cacique from Yucayo reigned over Havana and Matanzas, Cuba. Also Known as: Yaguacayo, Yaguacayex, Yacayeo, Yucayonex

| Yaureibo

|Cacique and brother of Cacique Cacimar on the island of Bieques (Vieques). He died in 1514, during a surprise attack by the Spaniards as he readied his men to attack the mainland to avenge his brother Cacimar's death.

| Yuquibo

|Cacique who ruled in the region of Luquillo. Known as Loquillo (Crazy One) by the Spaniards due to his constant attacks on the Conquistadors. The town of Luquillo, Puerto Rico is named for him.

List of Taínos

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