The Tainos were the indigenous people that lived on Jamaica before Colombus came. They were good people that lived on the food that they found in the woods and the sea. The name Tainos came from Columbus. When he first met the people they said «Taino, Taino» that means wee are good, but Columbus didn’t know that. He tough that that was the name of the people. Columbus started calling the people Taino. Their houses were made of grass and palm leafs, it were a tall pole in the centre of the house to hold the palm leaf hut in place. The dead people was often buried in caves in their hammocks with a bit of water and cassava. Cassava is a root that you uses in food. 
