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Hillary Gulley

Hillary Gulley is a writer, translator of Cuba in Splinters: Eleven Stories From the New Cuba, and coeditor of the Words Without Borders Cuba issue.

Three Taíno Indian sisters pose during a family pig roast in eastern Cuba, where there’s a small but growing movement to explore the indigenous culture that Columbus encountered in 1492.

Searching for Cuba’s Pre-Columbian Roots

A newfound quest for identity has led some Cubans to reclaim their Taíno Indian heritage