WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Latino Center will host a symposium on the survival of Taíno language, identity and material culture in contemporary Caribbean consciousness Friday, Aug. 26, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Room 4018 on the fourth level of the National Museum of the American Indian. Panelists include archeologist Osvaldo García-Goyco, historian Alejandro Hartmann Matos, biologist Juan Carlos Martínez Cruzado and architect Cristian Martínez Villanueva. Roberto Borrero, president, United Confederation of Taíno People, will serve as respondent. José Barreiro, assistant director for research at the National Museum of the American Indian, will moderate. This symposium is part of the Taíno Legacy Project that explores the culture, history and legacy of the Native peoples of the Caribbean islands. In particular, this project will focus on the Taíno, the inhabitants of Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic,