Question

What is the name of the native people who lived in puerto rico before the arrival of christopher columbus?

Answer 1

The name of the native people who lived in Puerto Rico before the arrival of Christopher Columbus were the Taínos.   To add, the Taíno were an Arawak people who were the indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida. At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico.