IndigenousArchiveU.S. Virgin Islands

Old stone arch Virgin Islands
Above: A view of the Caribbeans through an arch in an old ruined sugar plantation. Photo by Andrew on Unsplash. Left: Maekiaphan Phillips, Kasike of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

We seek to create an expansive archive of genealogical records for the U.S. Virgin Islands that identify the First Nation Peoples of the Caribbean in official documents.

Old stone arch Virgin Islands
Above: A view of the Caribbeans through an arch in an old ruined sugar plantation. Photo by Andrew on Unsplash. Top: Maekiaphan Phillips, Kasike of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Indigenous Archives of the U.S. Virgin Islands

Please visit often as the archive is currently in its infancy. In time, it will grow and it will take the participation from the public to help us increase the number of documents in the Indigenous Archive Project for the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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They had three very organized social classes: the naborias (working class), the nitaínos or sub-chiefs, and noblemen which includes the bohiques or priests and medicine men and the caciques or chiefs. Each village or yucayeque had one.