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of Las Piedras for giving us the opportunity to present
our petition for indigenous status.
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of Las Piedras. Our Taino Land is soliciting a special ordnance
declaring it an indigenous organization.
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presented evidence of the destruction caused by
developers of the Portales residential project. In its wake,
the development project destroyed a great part of the Guaracibaku
Cave System and its associated archeological sites.
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the Portales Residential Project in Las Piedras,
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and management of the cultural and natural heritage
of Las Piedras and the southeastern region.
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This cultural activity is celebrated once a month to remember
our ancestral heritage.