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Cuando el censo dijo que los taínos desaparecieron

The 1899 Puerto Rico census report said it did not find Indigenous traces, while admitting a census cannot see everything an observer might see.

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  • The 1899 report included an Aborigines section and said the census had not discovered remaining traces.
  • The same passage warned that a census could not compete with a trained observer in such matters.
  • The episode keeps the claim tied to the 1899 census report, Smithsonian Global, NMAI Magazine, and the local source-lock packet.
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Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899Smithsonian Global: Caribbean Indigenous Legacies ProjectNMAI Magazine: Taíno Survival: Back into HistoryLocal source packet: Cuando el censo dijo que los taínos desaparecieronYouTube Short
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