I Am Taíno

Link

www.harukasakaguchi.com

Blurb

"I Am Taíno" is a portrait series addressing paper genocide and the manipulation of Taíno identity. The Taíno are the indigenous peoples of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean who were believed to be extinct up until recently, partly because the racial category for being indigenous ("indio") was removed from census reports in the early 1800s, and they were forced to identify as either white, black or mixed on forthcoming census reports. The Taíno refer to this process as "paper genocide."

They refer to themselves as...

a portrait series

Language(s)

English

Creator(s)

Haruka Sakaguchi