Indigenous peoples in Suriname

Indigenous Surinamese

Schoolchildren of the Kali'na community at Bigi Poika in Suriname.
Total population
(~12,000–24,000 3.7% of Suriname's population[1])
Regions with significant populations
Paramaribo, Wanica, Marowijne, Sipaliwini
Languages
Dutch, Sranan Tongo, and Indigenous languages
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Irreligion, Native religions

Indigenous peoples in Suriname, or Native Surinamese, are Surinamese people who are of indigenous ancestry. They compromise approximately 3.7% of Suriname's population of 566,846.^[1]

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^[2]
• 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]

See also

• Demographics of Suriname

Notes

1. "Suriname." CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.
2. "Suriname." Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.