The Taino American Indigenous National Organization (T.A.I.N.O.) is a national, Indigenous-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation, empowerment, and unification of Arawak Taíno descendants throughout the United States, its territories, and the Caribbean diaspora.

We exist to restore historical truth, protect cultural continuity, and build a unified national pathway toward U.S. Federal Tribal Recognition for the Taíno people. While operating with full transparency, legal integrity, and respect for all Taíno descendant communities, we aim to create a space where Marylanders and individuals from beyond Maryland who seek to have their Arawak Taino heritage and ancestry championed can have a presence and be heard.

T.A.I.N.O. is not currently a federally recognized tribe and does not claim sovereign governmental authority. 

Our work is rooted in education, cultural_toggle preservation, coalition-building, and national advocacy to achieve recognition through lawful, collective, and historically grounded means.