ROBERTO
MUCARO
BORRERO
(Taíno)
"An
historian,
artist,
musician,
writer,
and
storyteller,
Roberto
Múcaro
Borrero
is one
of only
a
handful
of
actual
Taíno
descendants
in the
world
who are
considered
leading
authorities
on
ancient
Taíno
Indian
culture."
-
Thirteen/WNET
. Mr.
Borrero's
work,
which is
dedicated
to his
Boriken
Taíno
Indian
heritage,
has been
presented
throughout
the
United
States
at major
universities,
colleges,
and
grade
schools
and at
such
notable
institutions
as: the
United
Nations;
the
American
Museum
of
Natural
History,
in New
York;
the
Smithsonian's
National
Museum
of the
American
Indian,
in New
York;
the
Institute
for
American
Indian
Studies
in
Connecticut;
the
Staten
Island
Children's
Museum,
New
York; El
Museo
Del
Barrio,
in New
York;
Plymouth
Plantation,
in
Massachusetts
and the
Institute
for
Community
Research,
in
Connecticut.
He has
also
performed
internationally
at
numerous
cultural
festivals
such as
the
National
Indigenous
Festival
of
Jayuya,
in
Jayuya,
Puerto
Rico;
the
Nigan-Girra
Festival,
in
Australia;
the
Umbuto
Village
Festival
in
Johannesburg,
South
Africa;
and the
World
Conference
of
Elders
of the
Spiritual
Traditions
in
Mumbai
(Bombay),
India.
Roger
Atihiuabancex
Hernandez.
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