Anacaona (; ) was a
Taíno cacica (chief), born into a family of chiefs, and sister of
Bohechío, chief of
Xaragua. Her husband was Caonabo, chief of the nearby territory of Maguana. Her brother and her husband were two of the five highest
caciques who ruled the island of
Haiti (now called
Hispaniola) when the
Spaniards
settled there in 1492. She was celebrated as a composer of ballads and narrative poems, called
areítos.