<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Religion </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Indigenous and Christianity </Td> </Tr> <P> The Taíno people were one of the largest of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean . At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of Cuba, Trinidad, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico . In the Greater Antilles, the northern Lesser Antilles, and The Bahamas, they were known as the Lucayans . They spoke the Taíno language (an Arawakan language), which contained traces of a earlier languages which were supplanted by Taíno . </P> <P> The ancestors of the Taíno entered the Caribbean from South America and their culture is closely linked to that of Mesoamericans . At the time of contact, the Taíno were divided into three broad groups, known as the Western Taíno (Jamaica, most of Cuba, and the Bahamas), the Classic Taíno (Hispaniola and Puerto Rico) and the Eastern Taíno (northern Lesser Antilles). Taíno groups were in conflict with the Caribs of the southern Lesser Antilles . </P>

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