Ciguayos

The Ciguayos 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 hairs and branding 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.
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.