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...took no time at all for the native Americans who first greeted Christopher Columbus to be all but erased from the face of the earth. For about a thousand years the peaceful people known as the Taino had thrived in modern-day Cuba, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and many other islands in the Lesser and Greater Antilles. But less than 30 years after Columbus' three ocean-crossing ships dropped anchor off the island of Hispaniola, the Taino would be destroyed by Spanish weaponry, forced labor and European diseases. Unlike their distant cousins, the Inca, Aztecs and Maya, the Taino...
...live to see answered." Other scholars will come along to fill in the gaps, though. And even if it takes another century to understand the Taino fully, they have already been rescued from the ignoble status of footnotes in the chapter of history that began with the arrival of Columbus...
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...part of MIX radio. In hindsight, it seems that this concert had little to do with free music, and a lot to do with free publicity for the radio station. That should have been apparent from the weeks of obnoxious, on-air hype that led up to the Columbus Day weekend event...
Many event organizers expressed their sorrow that Columbus Day continues to be celebrated as a holiday...