Showing posts with label Taino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taino. Show all posts

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Iukaieke Guainia Tribal Citizen Membership

Community membership is open to all Taino Tribal Nation Citizens regardless of home origin. Persons of Arawak and Carib ancestry are also welcome to enroll within the Citizen Registry of the iukaieke Guainia Taino Tribe or within the Taino Population Census and Inter-Tribal Registry of the United Confederation of Taino People (UCTP).

Iukaieke Guainia Taino Tribe Adminstration

The affairs of the Guainia Taino Tribe are administered by an elected Kasike and an elected Nitaino Council. As per the community's ratified Constitution, the elected leadership commits to a term of 5 years at which time community elections will be held to reaffirm the current leadership or vote in new leadership.

Iukaieke Guainia Today

Iukaieke Guainia is a living expression of traditional indigenous sovereignty with its home capital located on the island of Boriken. As a result of the island’s colonial situation, community members reside throughout the historic traditional territory as well as throughout the entire island and beyond into the Diaspora.