Anacaona was a Taíno cacica, zemi interpreter, composer, and poet born in Yaguana, Jaragua, Hispaniola. After the death of her brother Bohechío in 1500, she became the ruler of Jaragua. In the centuri
Illustration depicting the Battle of Vega Real, during which Anacona's husband, Caonabo, was captured
Massacre of the queen and her subjects, by Joos van Winghe, from A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas.
Anacaona in chains, from A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Washington Irving
A cacique, sometimes spelled as cazique, was a tribal chieftain of certain Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean and Latin America, including the Kalinago and Taíno peoples, who were Indigenous peoples
Anacaona
…Anacaona (c. 1474 – c. 1504) was a Taíno cacica, zemi interpreter, composer, and poet born in Yaguana, Jaragua, Hispaniola (present-day Léogâne, Haiti). After the death of her brother Bohechío in…
Túpac Amaru II, an Andean cacique[clarification needed] who led a 1781 rebellion against Spanish rule in Peru
Cangapol, chief of the Tehuelches, 18th century.
Mapuche cacique (lonko) Lloncon, southern Chile, around 1890