by Richard L. Thornton, Architect & City Planner
Bianca Gralau is producing outstanding videos on the history, current conditions and future of Puerto Rico from a Native American perspective. I have provided links to two of her videos, but there are several more.
By analyzing place names in the Lower Southeast, I have found that the Taino People had a substantial presence here. The original name of Jekyll Island, GA was Guadauquini, which is a Taino word, meaning “a large circular plaza for perform dances. St. Catherine’s Island’s original indigenous name is unknown, but its villages contained those same large circular plazas. The Toa Province on the Lower Ocmulgee River was visited in March 1540 by the Hernando De Soto Expedition. Toa was the name of a Taino province around Arecibo, Puerto Rico and a major river, flowing through the heart of Cuba. There was another Taino province in what is now Southwest Metro Atlanta. The Sweetwater Creek stela, pictured above was found there. Toa People also settled in the vicinity of present day Birmingham, AL. They were called the Toasi, which means “Descendants of the Toa People.” Did you know that Tennessee is the Anglicization of the Creek word, Taenasi, which means “Descendants of the Taino?”
Here are two of Bianca’s excellent videos on Puerto Rico. I am certain that you will enjoy them all.
The Americas Revealed 
That’s great Richard! They need a Native American linguist, hint, hint! Rob
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The linguist needs someone like Bianca. My golden age as an architect was when I had Vivi the French Courtesan at my side and promoting my architecture practice (among other things).
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Richard, They used the same shapes as found in Ohio Earth works….Squares and circles. They must have migrated back and forth in the ancient days. Cofitachi-Ke perhaps? Those stone artworks look like people that knew of the “little people”.
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These are great videos! That’s to show technology has its negatives but has been useful in DNA research. They were extinct by historians and historical papers stated their extinction but the DNA evidence says otherwise. I am happy to see many are realizing the need to be able to sustain yourself with out a supermarket, specifically in an island that when natural disasters hit food is scare.
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Richard, That one cranium shown looks very Egyptian to me? The Egyptians and Cherokees have a connection in DNA and the Cherokees have a lore of living on a island for some time. Is there any Native people that have a connection to the owl artwork other than Cuba that you know of? It appears that Native people of the South have a connection to people of ancient Europa all along! Thanks for another Great article.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/1871UFO.png (1870 airship?)
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Many thanks for the video’s Richard. Fabulous !!
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