Anacaona in the 21 Divisions

Although Dominican Vodu clearly has many Haitian influences, there is a distinct division of Indian spirits. In it, one can find Anacaona and several other Indians, including caciques, of Hispaniola's past. This appears to be unique to the Dominican form of Vodou, as only one Haitian author has claimed to find evidence of caciques or Anacaona as a lwa in Haitian Vodou (Odette Fombrun Roy, whose work is questionable). While it is certainly possible that some border regions of Haiti have Indian spirits derived from the island's pre-Columbian past, this appears to be much stronger in the Dominican Republic. This is no surprise, given the historical and ethnographic particularities of the eastern part of the island.