Ciguayos

Cabo Samaná: where Columbus encountered the Ciguayos

The Ciguayos (Spanish: Cigüayos) were a group of indigenous people who inhabited the Peninsula of Samaná and its adjoining regions in the present-day Dominican Republic. Since the moment of contact early Spanish writers perceived them as a threat and portrayed them flaunting long hair and brandishing bows with poisoned arrows. Though speculation has surrounded their origins, studies on linguistics claim to have found connections to Central America.[1] Their archery tradition, however, is linked to the Kalingos, or Island Caribs.[2] Their legacy has spawned folktales, and since the 19th century, their memory has been at the center of the Dominican indigenist movement.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Granberry, Julia (1991). ""Was Ciguayo a West Indian Hokan Language?"". International Journal of American Linguistics. 57 (4): 514–19. doi:10.1086/ijal.57.4.3519737.
  2. ↑ Salas, Julio César (1921). Los Indios caribes : estudio sobre el origen del mito de la antropofagia. Madrid: Talleres Gráficos Lux. p. 55.
  3. ↑ Garía Bidó, Rafael (2010). Voces de bohío Vocabulario de la cultura taína. Santo Domingo, DR: Archivo General de la Nación. p. 7. ISBN 978-9945-020-95-3.
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