{"product_id":"the-lucayan-taino","title":"The Lucayan Taîno","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Christopher Columbus stepped ashore on the Lucayan island of Guanahaní,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe people greeted him with gifts of parrots and cotton. They gave all they had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColumbus later told Queen Isabella of Spain that these gentle, peaceful islanders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseemed poor in everything but blessed with an abundance of love. Within fifteen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears, the Spanish conquerors killed or enslaved everyone, depopulating the Lucayan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIslands. The same fate awaited untold millions of indigenous peoples in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaribbean Islands and Central and South America. The Lucayan Taíno: First People\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Bahamas is told from their perspective prior to European contact. It is a story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein words and paintings, told by Sandra Riley and Alton Lowe, about their culture and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econnection to their natural and spiritual worlds. It is a story created by filmmaker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis Neff in his docudrama Full Circle: a Taíno Story. It is a story told in bronze by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Mastin as a memorial to the Taíno. These works of art will endure as reminders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the goodness and generosity of spirit that Columbus recognized from the moment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe first met the island people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483414962549,"sku":"9780984619122","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780984619122.jpg?v=1786178577","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/the-lucayan-taino","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}