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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Kayodé or Cayodé is a Teko and Wayana village on the Tampok River in French Guiana. The Tampok River is heavily polluted by illegal gold mining, causing...

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...

(Caribs), Arawak, Galibi, Palikur, Teko, Wayampi (also known as Oyampi), and Wayana. The first Europeans arrived in the expeditions of Christopher Columbus...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Twenkë, is a Wayana village situated on an island in the Lawa River in French Guiana. Kulumuli is the residence of the granman of the Wayana in French Guiana...

Kananoe Apetina (ca. 1885 – 11 April 1975) was a Wayana chief, who first in 1937 was recognized by the colonial authorities of Suriname as a captain, and...

situated on the banks of the Paloemeu River. The village was inhabited by Wayana Amerindians. Pontoetoe was visited on 8 November 1904 by the Tapanahony...

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...

a Wayana village on the Lawa River in French Guiana. Tedamali lies about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) upstream the Lawa river from Maripasoula. Wayana Boy...