Ciboney
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The Ciboney, or Siboney, were a Taíno people of Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti and Dominican Republic. A Western Taíno group living in central Cuba during the 15th and 16th centuries, they had a dialect and culture distinct from the Classic Taíno in the eastern part of the island, though much of the Ciboney territory was under the control of the eastern chiefsTemplate:Citation needed. Confusion in the historical sources led 20th-century scholars to apply the name "Ciboney" to the non-Taíno Guanahatabey of western Cuba and various archaic cultures around the Caribbean, but this is deprecated.
[[File:Taínos.svg|450px|thumb|Ciboney was the region of Cuba inhabited by the Western Taíno group. ]]
History
At the time of Spanish colonization, the Ciboney were the most populous group in Cuba. They inhabited the central part of the island, between western Pinar del Río Province and eastern Oriente Province.
