{"product_id":"the-lucayan-tano-first-people-of-the-bahamas-9780984619122","title":"The Lucayan Taîno: First People of the Bahamas","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Christopher Columbus stepped ashore on the Lucayan island of Guanahan , \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 Ta no: 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 Ta no Story. It is a story told in bronze by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Mastin as a memorial to the Ta no. 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandra Riley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Parrot House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984619122\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Parrot House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41015430381683,"sku":"9.78098E+12","price":49.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4d281b68-42f1-4237-bb59-9915d1b8fe1f.jpg?v=1697557856","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-lucayan-tano-first-people-of-the-bahamas-9780984619122","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}