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Indigenous Surinamese
~12,000–24,000 3.7% of
Suriname 's population
[1]
Paramaribo ,
Wanica ,
Para ,
Marowijne ,
Sipaliwini
Akurio ,
Arawak-Lokono ,
Carib-Kari'nja ,
Sikiana-Kashuyana ,
Tiro-Tiriyó ,
Waiwai ,
Warao ,
Wayana ,
Dutch ,
Sranan Tongo ,
English
Native American religion ,
Christianity (
Catholicism and
Protestantism ), others
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
Pre-history Mythology/Religion North America Mesoamerica
South America
Culture
European colonization Modern groups by country
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