[Many thanks to Mary Ann Gosser Esquilín for bringing this item to our attention.] The Yale Peabody Museum presents the ongoing exhibition “¡Taíno Vive! Caribbean Indigenous Resistance / Resistencia indígena del Caribe.” This exhibition is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of the American Latino. The museum is located at 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut.
Description: Experience the history, identity, and culture of the Taínos, the Indigenous peoples of the northern Caribbean islands in this new bilingual exhibition.
Experimenta la historia, la identidad y la cultura de los Taínos, los pueblos indígenas de las islas del norte del Caribe, en esta nueva exposición bilingüe.
This bilingual exhibition brings to life the story of a people whom traditional scholarship once labeled as “extinct,” disproving the narrative through examining the history of resistance and survival in the Caribbean, and the current Taíno movement in the United States. Taíno culture has roots in Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, and other ancestral homes throughout the Caribbean.
By examining the history of the islands and the impact of Caribbean Indigenous knowledge throughout the world, the Peabody hopes to tell the story of the endurance and courage of these peoples. Visitors will learn about the Caribbean Indigenous survival journey through stories, contemporary crafts, musical instruments, and utilitarian objects. The exhibition explores the rich and enduring cultural legacies of the region, the value and impact of the culture’s knowledge on the world, and the complicated questions around heritage, ancestry, and race that emerge from Taíno identities today.
For more information and exhibition photos, see https://peabody.yale.edu/events/taino-vive-exhibition?2025
[Many thanks to Mary Ann Gosser Esquilín for bringing this item to our attention.] The Yale Peabody Museum presents the ongoing exhibition “¡Taíno Vive! Caribbean Indigenous Resistance / Resistencia indígena del Caribe.” This exhibition is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and