Jatibonicu

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Jatibonicu is a name in the Taino Arawakan Native American Indian language of the Lesser and Major Antillies of Caribbean islands. The term Jatibonicu [1] literally means "Great People of the Sacred High Waters" and is the original name of the central mountain kingdom of Cacique Orocobix in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico.

The Jatibonicu Taino tribe is located within the central mountain region of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The tribe's original Pre-Columbian tribal territory covers the present day local municipalities of Orocovis, Morovis, Barranquitas, Corozal and Aibonito. Today the name Jatibonicu is recognized as the official tribal Government name of the Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation of Boriken, a tribe of Puerto Rico. See Taino tribe [2] and also see the Chief, Cacique Don Pedro Guanikeyu Torres. The Jatibonicu tribal government works in cooperation with various U.S Federal Government agencies and presently carries an un-official recognition status by way of the US Federal Government agencies. The tribe is waiting for Puerto Rico to gain statehood in order to obtain official US Federal Government recognition. The United States Government 3 has jurisdiction over the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Please See Aibonito, Orocovis, Barranquitas, Morovis and Corozal, municipalities located within the original Jatibonicu Taino Pre-Columbian tribal territory in Puerto Rico.