Cacique
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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
Túpac Amaru II, an Andean cacique[clarification needed] who led a 1781 rebellion against Spanish rule in Peru
![Túpac Amaru II, an Andean cacique[clarification needed] who led a 1781 rebellion against Spanish rule in Peru](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Acuarela_de_T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II_crop.jpg/500px-Acuarela_de_T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II_crop.jpg)
Cangapol, chief of the Tehuelches, 18th century.
Hatuey monument plaque
Mapuche cacique (lonko) Lloncon, southern Chile, around 1890
Taíno
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The Taíno were the Indigenous peoples in most of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas. Their culture has been continued today by their descendants and by Taíno revivalist communiti
Cacique
…Portuguese: ; feminine form: cacica), was a tribal chieftain of certain Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean and Latin America, including the Kalinago and Taíno peoples, who were Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean at the time of European contact with those places. The term is a Spanish derivation from the…
Statue of Agüeybaná II, "El Bravo" in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Reconstruction of a Taíno village in El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba
Dujo, a wooden ceremonial chair crafted by Taínos
Caguana ceremonial ball court (batey) in Puerto Rico, outlined with stones