Indigenous Peoples' Embassy

26/09/2025

Los españoles llegaron al Caribe en 1492 donde habitaban CIENTOS DE MILES de nativos, entre los abusos de los conquistadores y las enfermedades “europeas” para las que NO eran inmunes, nuestros indios CASI, CASI, CASI desaparecen, parecían estar destinados a la EXTINCIÓN, pero NO, fueron DIEZMADOS pero NO extintos. El cronista mayor de la corte española Diego López de Velasco identifica los 13 pueblos indígenas que 80 años después (en 1573) aún existían en Cuba, La Española y Puerto Rico.

Eran pocos los SOBREVIVIENTES, pero todos eran hombres y mujeres LIBRES (pensamos que para esa época tanto en La Española como en Puerto Rico habían otros poblados indígenas, pero aquí tienes las que identifica).

1492-1572 … 80 AÑOS DESPUÉS DE LA LLEGADA DE LOS EUROPEOS, dice:
… la Isla de “LA ESPAÑOLA dicha en lengua de indios HAITÍ” … “NO hay pueblo ninguno de ellos excepto 2 de hasta 50 indios”.

… “La Isla de CUBA ó FERNANDINA” (otro nombre por el que se le conocía) “porque en toda la Isla NO hay más de 9 pueblezuelos de indios (aunque identifica ocho), en que NO habrán más de 270 indios casados”.

… "La Isla de SAN JUAN DE PUERTO RICO que por otro nombre se conocía como BORIQUÉN … identifica un pueblo de indios cercano a San Germán llamado CIBUCO, “algunos indios” en la Isla de MONA y “algunos indios” en ARECIBO (NO menciona a las Indieras de la Cordillera Central). Desgraciadamente NO da números, solo menciona “pueblo o algunos indios”.

POBLACIONES INDÍGENAS EN LAS ANTILLAS HISPANAS:
080 … Bayamo, Cuba
060 … Guanabacoa, Cuba
050 … La Trinidad, Cuba (NO hay españoles)
050 … La Española
050 … La Española
040 … Puerto del Príncipe, Cuba
017 … Baracoa, Cuba
015 … Santi Spírutus, Cuba
010 … Vasco Porcallo, Cuba
### … Cibuco, PUERTO RICO (pueblo)
### … Mona, PUERTO RICO (algunos indios)
### … Arecibo, PUERTO RICO (algunos indios)

En Santiago de Cuba menciona un poblado de indios llamado CANEYS, pero NO menciona número de habitantes sino que dice que habían 20 casas.

2 SIGLOS después en Puerto Rico identificarán un pueblo en la Cordillera Central con más de 2 MIL indios PUROS. NUESTROS INDIOS FUERON DIEZMADOS PERO NO EXTINTOS.

24/09/2025

25/10/2024

Finally, the United States Government has made amends.

President Joe Biden was in Arizona on Friday to apologize to Native Americans for the federal government forcing their children into boarding schools.Subscri...

14/10/2024

On this , Tamu Savik is spreading awareness about Nepal's indigenous traditions and culture.

Tamu Savik has a background in the Gurung community and the Pun community in Nepal. The Gurung people speak the language Tamu kyi.

28/03/2024

It may come as a big shock or surprise to to understand the need to isolate and conserve the botanical origin and natural habitat of Theobroma biodiversity especially among "chocolate lovers" based on the facts, which include but are not limited to:

1) child slavery and poverty
2) unsustainable agricultural practices
3) destruction of natural habitats
4) disease resistance (now and in the future)
5) protecting biodiversity hotspots
6) preserving indigenous knowledge
7) false designation of origins and sources
8) changing climatic conditions

It is a big job to "disrupt the chocolate industry" and make it sustainable through political regulation in law; but it is one that must be addressed or we will end up with more of the same problems and more ambiguity, instead of mere acknowledgement, consensus, and some inconvenience for users of the Theobroma genome. It is also a chore that may take 10, 20 or even 30 years to unravel and rebuild.

Meanwhile people will need to contend with the drastic increase in price of the precious non-essential food while Big Chocolate that depends on the plant will need to support the emerging solutions as they come into existence. The need for solutions outweighs the status quo and the continuing corporate corruption. Meanwhile enjoy your $5 Hershey's bar, or the new $1 bite size mini-chocolates being produced now.

27/03/2024

If you are one of my , that is in the chocolate business be careful with how you describe your products and which words you use; you may find yourself targeted in a lawsuit which is looking to engage all those persons that are infringing on the rights of the "Indigenous Peoples of South America" that we represent, there are actually quite a few companies in the United States that are creating false origins and infringing. According to Title 15 U.S. Code § 1125 - False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution [are] forbidden! We already have several companies in our sights that are mistaking and misappropriating Indigenous Knowledge and their rights under biodiversity and human rights laws.

Any goods marked or labeled in contravention of the provisions of this section shall not be imported into the United States or admitted to entry at any customhouse of the United States. The owner, importer, or consignee of goods refused entry at any customhouse under this section may have any recour...

26/03/2024

In the last 3 months, this is what cacao nuts (cocoa beans) are selling for in Africa, this is not a forecast (or futures) this is the market driven price of poorly fermented African beans; it makes the South American beans all that more valuable. It is great news for cacao growers and processors.

09/10/2023

This is great, all our should all take note that today is Indigenous Peoples' Day and also a new beginning for our objective to establish the Indigenous Peoples' Embassy.

Join the Indigenous People's EmbassyBecome a Member of the Indigenous Unity Foundation or an Honorary Member of our Indigenous Peoples' movement to help us establish and implement a model solution for Indigenous Communities that face legal challen...

02/10/2023

All our page should read this article, we are currently developing an ideal membership program too, beginning on Indigenous Peoples' Day.

The advent of social media has increased the number of organizations in the world significantly, perhaps three fold in the past 20 years.