Indigenous Suriname People

The law affords no special protection for or recognition of indigenous people.

Indigenous suriname people. Akurio tapanahoni and sipaliwini rivers kwamalasamutu. It is the first in suriname declared by indigenous peoples. Colonial policy included practices like transporting a selection of indigenous people of suriname to the 1883 international colonial and export exhibition in amsterdam and displaying them in human zoos. They comprise approximately 3 8 of suriname s population of 566 846.

Since there are so much places in suriname i will focus on one the capital and its indigenous people here are the list of tribes that are or were in paramaribo the capital the wayana people tiriyó people warrau akurio and later when some slaves fled from the plantation. Suriname indigenous people. The iachr identified the maroons descendants of escaped slaves who fled to the. Indigenous people suriname sunday february 28 2016.

The 72 000 square kilometer indigenous conservation corridor covers some of the most pristine intact and remote rainforests in the world. It may also be derived from a corruption of the name surryham which was the name given to the suriname river by lord willoughby in honour of the earl of surrey when an english colony was established under a grant from king charles ii. Suriname indigenous village leaders vids are continuing to push for greater participation in decisions made with respect to mining and resource exploitation. The name suriname may derive from an indigenous people called surinen who inhabited the area at the time of european contact.

In addition there are small settlements of other amazonian indigenous peoples in the south of suriname including the akurio apalai wai wai. Aerial view of kwamala village in the interior of suriname. This is in light of proposed large scale bauxite mining and other resource extraction initiatives in western suriname that will affect four indigenous communities. Dutch settler control of the guiana coast caused the indigenous groups to retreat into the interior to avoid extinction.

Legal rights and recognition for the diverse indigenous peoples of suriname have lagged behind those in other. The saramaka the paramaka the ndyuka or aukan the kwinti the aluku or boni and the malawi.