Ethnic group
Indigenous peoples in Suriname , Native Surinamese , or Amerindian Surinamese , are Surinamese people who are of indigenous ancestry. They comprise approximately 3.5% of Suriname 's population of 612,985.
Contemporary groups Akurio , Tapanahoni and Sipaliwini rivers, Kwamalasamutu [2] Arawak (Lokono ), Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela[2] Kalina , Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela[2] Mawayana [nl] [2] Saloema (Taruma), Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Brazil, Guyana[3] Sikiana , Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Brazil[2] Tiriyó , Tapanahoni River , Sipaliwini River , Brazil[2] Waiwai (Uapixana, Vapidiana, Wapichan, Wapichana, Wapisana, Wapishshiana, Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Wapixana), Amazonas, Brazil, Suriname and Guyana[2] Warao (Guarao, Guarauno, Warau, Warrau), Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname[2] Wayana , Southwest Marowijne District , upper Tapanahoni river, Brazil, French Guiana[2]
Distribution Distribution of indigenous and
Maroon peoples in Suriname
See also
Notes ^ "Suriname." CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Suriname." Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013. ^ Peter Rivière (1981). "A Report on the Trio Indians in Suriname". New West Indian Guide . The Hague: Nijhoff Publishers. p. 2.