Who Discovered Columbus?

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Who Discovered Columbus?

Jorge Estevez, a representative of the Smithsonian National
Museum of the American Indian in New York, N.Y., will give a lecture
titled "Who Discovered Columbus?" on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at SUNY
Cortland.

Estevez, a Taino from the Dominican Republic, who now serves the
Smithsonian as a workshop coordinator of public programs, will reveal
the other point of view about Christopher Columbus'
famous "discovery."

His presentation of the panorama of Taino culture and cultural
revival in the Caribbean begins at 4 p.m. in the Corey Exhibition
Lounge. Estevez will be available for questions following the talk.
The event is free and open to the public.

The Taino were pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the
Bahamas, Greater Antilles and the northern Lesser Antilles. During
the time of Columbus' arrival in 1492, five Taino kingdoms thrived in
what would become modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Estevez is a frequent contributor to the Smithsonian Museum's
magazine and has written for Native Peoples, as well as for the soon-
to-be published Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions. He is also an
editor with the Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink and a member of the
editorial board of Kacike: The Journal of Caribbean Amerindian
History and Anthropology.

He is the co-author of Indigenous Resurgence in the Contemporary
Caribbean, which was published in 2006. He worked as a Taino
historical and cultural consultant in 2003 for the Discovery Channel
program "In Search of Columbus."

Estevez has given presentations about the Taino to school groups
in New York State and abroad, including a visit to the Dominican
Republic in 2003 to address an educational conference on indigenous
revival.

The talk is sponsored by the Provost's Office, the Office of the
Dean for the School of Arts and Sciences, the International
Communications and Culture Department and the James M. Clark Center
for International Education.

For more information, contact event organizer and Lecturer in
Spanish Susan Kather at (607) 753-2026.


Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:30 pm (PST)
Smithsonian American Indian Museum Representative
to Discuss 'Who Discovered Columbus?' on Feb. 5
Released: 1/30/2008
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Indigenous Resurgence in the Contemporary Caribbean