SYMPOSIUM: Beyond Extinction: Consciousness of Taíno and Caribbean Indigeneity August 26, 2011

Room 4018, Fourth Level

This symposium features representative speakers from a multidisciplinary delegation of scholars on Taíno and Caribbean indigenous themes who will discuss the survival of Taíno language, identity, and material culture in contemporary Caribbean consciousness. Participants include archaeologist Osvaldo García Goyco, historian Alejandro Hartmann Matos, biologist Juan Carlos Martínez Cruzado, and architect Cristian Martínez Villanueva. Moderated by José Barreiro, director of the Office of Latin America at the National Museum of the American Indian, the program is organized by the National Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian Latino Center.