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  Agueybana - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Agueybana (died 1510), was the principal "Cacique" (Chief) of the Tainos and the most powerful governing Taino in "Borinken" (Puerto Rico) when the Spaniards first arrived.
Agueybana, believing that the Spaniards were Gods, received the Spanish Conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon with open arms upon his arrival in 1508.
Agueybana's brother, "Agueybana II" had his doubts about the "Godly" status of the Spaniards and he came up with a plan to test these doubts; he and Urayoan (Cacique of Añasco) sent some of their tribe members, to lure a spaniard, by the name of Diego Salcedo, into a river and drown him.
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 boricua51450aevi | aevi51450
Agueybana's brother Agueybaná II discovered that the Spaniards were not "gods" and this encouraged the Cacique to rebel against the invaders.
This extended friendship was soon to end because the "Conquistadores" started to enslave the Tainos and to destroy their way of life.
According to the "Chronicles of the Indias", which are kept in Seville, Spain, in February 1511 Agueybana's brother Agueybaná II, Urayoan, the Cacique of Añasco and some of their men drowned the Spanish soldier Diego Salcedo.
www.freewebs.com /boricua51450aevi/ourtainos.htm   (1298 words)

  
 The Dictionary of the Taino Language
Agueybana, Cacikea Ine'es Agueybana = The Great Sun, Chieftess and mother of Great Chief Agueybana & Chief Gueybana of the Village of Guaynia of Puerto Rico in 1493.
Agueybana, Cacike Fransico de Agueybana = The Great Sun, the Chief of the region of Saona on the island of Santo Domingo in the year 1514.
Chief Oromico was his younger brother and he was the Cousin of Chiefs Agueybana and Gueybana from village of Guaynia.
www.taino-tribe.org /teist-h1.htm   (587 words)

  
 Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 5 Num. 62
We talked with Cibacuyo Agueybana, an assassination researcher, upstate New York, making a documentary movie on the attempt to assassinate former Alabama governor George Wallace while he was running as a third party candidate for president, 1972.
SHERMAN SKOLNICK: I think, for the benefit of the viewers, we should note that at the time that he was shot, so to speak, into a wheelchair instead of the cemetery, he was polling about 21 percent of the vote.
CIBACUYO AGUEYBANA: Well actually no. The bottom line in the whole deal is the almighty dollar: who can best serve the interests of the northeastern Atlantic elite and the southwestern Pacific elite.
www.theconspiracy.us /9507/0038.html   (849 words)

  
 Bleach Forums - Diega Torres, Shinigami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
He never pressured her to convert and was even invited to Agueybana's village on a few occasions, a translator accompanying them.
Agueybana had had Guanina, Mayagüez, and Lagrima relocated to the southern part of the island, for their own safety.
Agueybana and Mayagüez decided that they would make full use of their hatred and become Hollows themselves.
www.bleachforums.com /showthread.php?t=2642   (5120 words)

  
 Aia Na Ha
The guatiao was also used as a survival strategy by the principal cacique or chief of the island of Boriken (the indigenous name of the island also known as "Puerto Rico"), Agueybana, when he exchanged names with the Spanish colonist Ponce de Leon and became "blood brothers" with him.
Agueybana (The Elder) was well aware of Columbus' arms and exploits in Quisqueya and prepared to accommodate Ponce de Leon on his arrival.
Agueybana, the great chief of Guaynia, had news of the devasta- tion of the Tainos of Hispaniola.
www.guazabara.com /BorikensofHawaii.htm   (3245 words)

  
 DELGADO FAMILY-CAGUAX HISTORY
He was very well received, the Indians having given them many things for their sustenance and, showing forth that they were glad to meet Christians and to be their friends.
Chief Agueybana gave his name to Juan Ponce de Leon, him having taken his name of the same; with which they established a peace treaty.
This had been confirmed by Chief Agueybana's mother, in her advise given to her son to carry out the pact.
www.indio.net /aymaco/delgado/DEL.htm   (3450 words)

  
 Hayuya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
They all, however, responded to the "Supreme Cacique", which at that time was Agueybana.
The area that Hayuya dominated is considered to be the "birth place" of the Taino culture in the island.
Agueybana II and Urayoan (The Añasco Cacique), and their men drowned Diego Salcedo.
www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Hayuya   (495 words)

  
 Finding aid for the Escuelita Agueybana Day Care Centers Records
The Escuelita Agueybana (Escuelita) collection documents the first bilingual day care center in Massachusetts to serve primarily Hispanic children and their families.
These parents, who were in the process of becoming economically self-sufficient, established Escuelita Agueybana, the first bilingual day care center in Massachusetts to serve primarily Hispanic children and their families.
The project was designed to serve 100 children and their families living in the Villa Victoria Community and in the South End; however, the two organizations were unable to obtain the necessary funding for the project.
www.lib.neu.edu /archives/collect/findaids/m116findprint.htm   (1754 words)

  
 Agüeybaná - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An avenue in the area of Hato Rey, in San Juan, named after Agüeybaná.
Puerto Rico's equivalent to the Oscars is called the Agueybana de Oro, in honour of the great Cacique and it is awarded annually.
Many songs and poems, by poets such as Juan Antonio Corretjer among others, have been written about Agüeybaná, which also honour his memory.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agueybana   (663 words)

  
 History of Puerto Rico I
The Tainos were turned into slaves and used to do mining work.
Soon, organized by the great and most important Taino leader, Agueybana, the Tainos rebelled and began to launch bloody raids against the isolated Spanish settlements.
Unfortunately when the aborigines had their direct confrontation with Ponce de Leon's forces, Agueybana was shot dead.
www.solboricua.com /history.htm   (878 words)

  
 The Honolulu Advertiser | Local News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
At that time, the most powerful chief was Agueybana.
His son, Agueybana II, waged war on Spaniards and was killed.
Castanha said many Caribs fled to caves in the mountains, the seat of later rebellions.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2000/Jan/16/bob.html   (434 words)

  
 Review of AceDSL - dslreports.com
So i do not like the innuendo that i am not technically savy.
For those who know Agueybana was a great Arawak chieftan on the island of Puerto Rico during early Spanish occupation...how many Puerto Ricans do you know who work for ACE in all of your worldly experience with them.
Now on to the bulk of the update.
www.dslreports.com /comment/827/15556   (599 words)

  
 Utuado, Puerto Rico
Cobbled walkways birder ten Indian courts, each named after a Taino cacique (chieftain).
The courts vary in size, the longest being about 85m by 20 (Guarionex), the largest 65 by 50 (Agueybana).
These two have monoliths in the stones that line the level 'pitch', and on those of Agueybana are decorated with petroglyphs, some quite faint.
welcome.topuertorico.org /city/utuado.shtml   (247 words)

  
 Biaraku: First People of a Sacred Place
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Agueybana, "Magnificence of the Star" was a cacike of the "yucayeque" (village) of Guaina located in the southwest corner of Boriken.
Yucahu Bagua Maorocoti (White Yuca, Large and Powerful, as is the Sea and the Mountains/Spirit, without male ancestor of the Yuca and the Sea)
www.biaraku.com /art/melanioart.htm   (399 words)

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