The more you know! 🇭🇹 The Taino, indigenous to the Caribbean, including #Haiti, predated #ChristopherColumbus's arrival in 1492. They thrived with a robust cultural structure, engaging in agriculture, fishing, and trade. The arrival of #European explorers, notably Columbus, marked a pivotal moment, leading to colonization, forced labor, and diseases that devastated the Taino population. Harsh conditions imposed by colonizers, along with diseases like smallpox, caused a rapid decline, subjectin