Chiefdoms of Hispaniola
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chiefdoms-of-hispaniola-181-15424340
title:
Chiefdoms of Hispaniola
text:
The chiefdoms of Hispaniola were the primary political units employed by the Taíno inhabitants of Hispaniola in the early historical era. At the time of European contact in 1492, the island was divided into five chiefdoms or cacicazgos, each headed by a cacique or paramount chief. Below him were lesser caciques presiding over villages or districts and nitaínos, an elite class in Taíno society. The Taíno of Hispaniola were an Arawak people related to the inhabitants of the other islands in the Gr
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Tainos tribes in Hispaniola
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiefdoms_of_Hispaniola
date created:
2010-11-25T19:13:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T01:29:45Z
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