The Wayana (alternate names: Ajana, Uaiana, Alucuyana, Guaque, Ojana, Oyana, Orcocoyana, Pirixi, Urukuena, Waiano etc.) are a Carib-speaking people located...

Wayana (also referred to as Ojana, Ajana, Aiana, Ouyana, Uajana, Upurui, Oepoeroei, Roucouyen, Oreocoyana, Orkokoyana, Urucuiana, Urukuyana, and Alucuyana...

millennium BC by various indigenous peoples, including the Arawaks, Caribs, and Wayana. Europeans arrived and contested the area in the 16th century, with the...

Bolívar State, Venezuela Guayana language or Wayaná, an extinct Jê language of southern Brazil Guayana or Wayana language, a Caribbean language spoken in...

Central Carib: Wayana–Apalaí (N) Maquiritari [Dekwana] (S) Mapoyo–Yabarana–Pémono (N) Kaufman adds Chaima [Kumaná]; Arakajú † (to Wayana); Yao † and Tiverikoto...

centralise their dealings with the Wayana, and for this purpose installed captains, head captains and granman among the Wayana chief. As the concept of a paramount...

Warao (Guarao, Guarauno, Warau, Warrau), Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname Wayana, Southwest Marowijne District, upper Tapanahoni river, Brazil, French Guiana...

Lokono (part of the Arawak grouping), Galibi, Palikur, Teko, Wayampi and Wayana. The French attempted to create a colony there in the 16th century in conjunction...

people, while further downstream villages are inhabited by the Amerindian Wayana and Maroon Ndyuka people. Aloepi 1 & 2 Palumeu Pelelu Tepu Diitabiki Godo...

(Kʼekchi) Sikiana (Kashuyana) Tiriyó Yucatec Waiwai Wapishana Warao (Guarauno) Wayana Ethnic groups In full member states: 73.78% Afro-Caribbean 8.3% Multiracial...

Knopaiamoi (Wayana: Konopamïi, Aluku: Konopu amoï) is a mountain in Suriname at 504 metres (1,654 ft). It is part of the Tumuk Humak Mountains and is located...

Jupta Lilian Itoewaki (born 18 February 1988) is a Wayana activist and politician from Suriname. Since 2018, she has been the founding president of Mulokot...

(21 February 1938 – 15 October 2021) was the French Guianese chief of a Wayana tribe in Antecume Pata, French Guiana, France. André Cognat was born on...

Karin M. (2006). Overleven in een Grensgebied: Veranderingsprocessen bij de Wayana in Suriname en Frans-Guyana - Page 207 (PDF). Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers...

from a Wayana word meaning "secret", which refers to both the species' cryptic coloration and the fact that it inhabits areas occupied by the Wayana people...

1960s between speakers of Ndyuka, an English-based creole, and Tiriyó and Wayana, both Cariban languages. Ndyuka-Tiriyó Pidgin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)...

Apalaí, sometimes also known by its native name Karapaeukuru, is an Apalaí-Wayana village on the Eastern Paru River in the state of Pará in Brazil. Aldeia...

Rio Jary the film shows, Neolithic Digging stick planting methods of the Wayana and Wayapi Indians, who had previously been believed to have died out. The...

French Guiana, France. It was founded by André Cognat, a Pierre-Bénite-born Wayana tribal chief. It is home to a nursery and primary state school. Even though...

cash economy. The Wayampi were part of the great commercial link of the Wayana Indians which extended form the Amapari river in Brazil as far as the Tapanahoni...

Kawemhakan, formerly also known as Anapaikë, is a Wayana village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village lies on the banks of the Lawa River...

indigenous groups in Suriname primarily comprise the Lokono, Kalina, Tiriyó, and Wayana. Unlike most other Spanish-speaking countries, indigenous peoples are not...

Talhuwen, also spelt as Taluwen, Taluhen and Taluen, is a Wayana village situated on the Lawa River in French Guiana. Talhuwen features the only primary...

and Apalaís. Most Aparai people are multi-lingual, and many speak Aparai, Wayana, Portuguese, and Tiriyó, as well as Wajãpi, Aluku, and Criollo. The Aparai...

Epoja, also known as Opoya, is a Wayana village situated on the Lawa River in French Guiana. Epoja is conjoined with the village of Taluwen and Alawataimë...

the Man Gandafutu waterfall. The majority of Apetina's population is the Wayana people. These Indians mostly originate from Brazil and once have fled because...

(Coroado); Nyacfateitei Paraná Rio Grande do Sul Shocleng Taven Tain Ingain (Wayana, Guayaná) Patte (Basa) Chowa Chowaca Ivitorocai Gualacho (Coronado) Gualachí...

called Emerillon), Galibi (now called the Kaliña), Palikur, Wayampi and Wayana. The estimated population for the beginning of the 17th century was 30,000...

Pilima, also known as Pidima, is a Wayana village situated on the Litani River in French Guiana. Pilima was founded by the shaman or pïyai Pilima, son...

population. The main groups are the Akurio, Arawak, Kalina (Caribs), Tiriyó and Wayana. Afro-Surinamese form about 37% of the population, and are usually divided...