The Taíno of Jamaica, who hosted a marooned Columbus for a year in 1503-04.
Effectively gone as a distinct people by the late 1500s under forced labor and disease.
The standard account of the Taíno, of whom the Yamaye of Jamaica were a part.
Caribbean native peoples and their fate under Spanish rule (broad regional context).
Primary source by a witness to the conquest of Cuba; Las Casas was present and describes the decimation of the Taíno of Cuba firsthand. Essential primary document for this record.
Though focused on Maroons, provides context for the Taíno demographic collapse in Jamaica that preceded the Maroon era; situates the Yamaye within Jamaican history.