Talking Taíno: Did the Caribs eat the Tainos?

Did the Caribs eat the Tainos?

So someone I don’t like created a video that only mentioned the Taino people for about 10 seconds and in those ten seconds they mentioned how the Taino people were “thankful” when Christopher Columbus showed up because he saved them from the Kalinago tribe or more specifically the (Caribs) because HE reported the Kalinago and the Taino were at “war” with each other and the Kalinago people “ate” the Taino’s and also kept them as slaves.

I’m a bit too tired to clean my ears after hearing all of that bullshit, but here we go ...

There’s not enough data to support the claim the Kalinagos ate the Tainos. According to Christopher, anyone he didn’t like he labeled as the Caribs. Just like the Taino, there’s so little information we know about the Kalinago because someone, not pointing at anyone in particular, killed so many of those people and destroyed so much of their history that what information we do know about them, came from a guy who’s less smarter than a fifth grader.

The overall idea of indigenous people eating others came from one guy who didn’t see them as people but instead as savages, barely even humans.

Here’s a quick history check for you. If you’re going to mention history, more specifically Taino history, at least get the names of the tribes right so you don’t look like an idiot before you even open your mouth.

Caribs and Taino are broad terms. Why do people such as myself call myself Taino when I should be calling myself Arawak? Short answer, there’s so little information for just the Arawak people that most, if not all of it gets put under the Taino umbrella anyway. It’s much easier to find other Taino people than it is to find just the Arawak people.

Moving on, there were several tribes in the Caribbean, such as the Kalinago and the Arawak being the biggest. However, when Christopher came by and killed nearly everyone, all of our culture and history became so sparse everyone joined together under the Taino umbrella.

If you google “What are the indigenous people of the Caribbean called?” You’re probably going to get Taino. It might also mentioned that the Taino came from places such as Jamaica, and Hispaniola, which doesn’t make sense, seeing how other people think the Kalinago, (Cairbs) were the inhabitants of Jamaica and Hispaniola as well, so which one is it?

Taino people also came from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haitai, you get the picture. We came from every part of the Caribbean but if we came from every part of the Caribbean, why were we fighting amongst ourselves?

Just like Australia, if you’re going to mention infighting with the Aboriginal people when talking about history, do some research and point out the tribes you’re talking about because the term Aboriginal is just an umbrella term used to describe all of the indigenous people in Australia, not just one tribe.

So before you even think about mentioning how the Taino people were “thankful” for Christopher for helping them with the Caribs, perhaps you should figure out the name of the tribes you’re talking about before it becomes evident the shit that comes out of your mouth is flavoured with lies and deception.