These books are in the collection of the Resource Center
of the George Gustav Heye Center (New York City).
Alegria, Mela Pons, & Ricardo E. Alegria, Exposicion
de Esculturas de los Indios Tainos, 1987, Centro de Estudios Avanzados
de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico. En espanõl.
Barreiro, Jose, The Indian Chronicles, published
1993 by Arte Público Press, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, and
reprinted 1998 by Akwe:Kon Press, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. A
novel of the Tainos at the time of Columbus, written by an expert on
the subject.
Barreiro, Jose, editor, View From the Shore: American
Indian Perspectives on the Quincentenary, Northeast Indian Quarterly,
Fall 1990: Columbus Quincentenary Edition. Contains a number of relevant
articles.
Bercht, Fatima, Estrellita Brodsky, John Alan Farmer,
& Dicey Taylor, editors, Taíno: Pre-Columbian Art & Culture
from the Caribbean, 1997, The Monacelli Press & El Museo del
Barrio, New York. An exhibition catalog. Includes twelve articles on
the history, culture, and art of the Taino. (189 pages.)
Bercht, Fatima, & Estrellita Brodsky, project directors,
Taíno: Pre-Columbian Art & Culture from the Caribbean, 1997,
El Museo del Barrio, New York. An exhibition catalog. Includes three
articles on Taino culture, history, mythology, and art. (56 pages.)
Fontánez, Edwin, Taíno: A Bilingual Activity Book,
1996, Exit Studio, Washington, DC. For children.
Forte, Maximilian C. Indigenous Resurgence
in the Contemporary Caribbean: Amerindian Survival & Renewal.
2006. New York: Peter Lang. Focuses on the resurgence of
native identification and organization throughout the Caribbean. Includes
articles by fourteen authors, four of whom are indigenous.
Hulme, Peter, Colonial Encounters: Europe &
the Native Caribbean, 1492-1797, 1986, 1992, Routledge, Chapman
& Hall, Routledge division, London and New York. The author analyzes
colonial European attitudes toward the Native Peoples of the Caribbean
as shown in the writings of the time.
Keegan, William F., The People Who Discovered Columbus:
The Prehistory of the Bahamas, 1992, University Press of Florida,
Gainesville. A study of the Lucayan Tainos of the Bahamas.
Krieger, Herbert W., The Aborigines of the Ancient
Island of Hispaniola, 1929, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
DC. From the Smithsonian Report for 1929.
The New York Academy of Sciences, Scientific Survey
of Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands, Volume XVII, Part One (1940),
Part Two (1941), Part Three (1952), Part Four (1952). Various authors.
Olsen, Fred, Indian Creek: Arawak Site on Antigua,
West Indies, 1974, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. Report
on a 1973 excavation of an Arawak site.
Olsen, Fred, On the Trail of the Arawaks, 1974,
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. Discusses what we=ve
learned about the Arawaks through archaeology. Includes an article by
Irving Rouse, AOn the Meaning of the Term >Arawak=.@
Robiou-Lamarche, Sebastian, Encuentro con la Mitología
Taína, 1992, Editorial Punto y Coma, San Juan, Puerto Rico. En espanõl.
Rouse, Irving, The Tainos: Rise & Decline of the
People Who Greeted Columbus, 1992, Yale University Press, New Haven,
CT. A detailed study.
Stevens-Arroyo, Antonio M., Cave of the Jagua: The
Mythological World of the Tainos, 1988, University of New Mexico
Press, Albuquerque. A study of Taino mythology, religion, and society.
Vega-Lara, Natalia, Taíno: Educator=s
Resource Guide, no date, El Museo del Barrio, New York. In English
and Spanish. Loose-leaf binder. Activities and lesson plans for all
grades, plus background information.
Pamphlets published by the Museum of the American Indian/Heye
Foundation:
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De Booy, Theodore, Cirtain West-Indian Superstitions
Pertaining to Celts, 1915.
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De Booy, Theodore, Pottery from Cirtain Caves
in Eastern Santo Domingo, West Indies, 1915.
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Fewkes, Walter J., Engraved Celts From the Antilles,
1915.
