Jamaican Embassy

Jamaica got its name from a Taino word for the island ( Xaymaca or Yamaye ), which means Land of Wood & Water.
Unearth Taino History at These 5 Sites in Jamaica
Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean: A Focus on the Taíno
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adventuresfromelle.comPrecolonial Caribbean cultures and cultural connections have been very little studied, since many of these peoples, the first victims of Columbus’s colonizing missions, were annihilated, enslaved and deported, or later assimilated enslaved African populations with the advent of the Atlantic slave trade.