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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
Regions with significant populations
Paramaribo, Wanica, Para, Marowijne, Sipaliwini
Languages
Akurio, Arawak-Lokono, Carib-Kari'nja, Sikiana-Kashuyana, Tiro-Tiriyó, Waiwai, Warao, Wayana, Dutch, Sranan Tongo, English
Religion
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
• Arawak (Lokono), Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
• Kalina, Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela
• Mawayana [nl]
• Saloema (Taruma), Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Brazil, Guyana
• Sikiana, Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Brazil
• Tiriyó, Tapanahoni River, Sipaliwini River, Brazil
• Waiwai (Uapixana, Vapidiana, Wapichan, Wapichana, Wapisana, Wapishshiana, Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Wapixana), Amazonas, Brazil, Suriname and Guyana
• Warao (Guarao, Guarauno, Warau, Warrau), Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname
• Wayana, Southwest Marowijne District, upper Tapanahoni river, Brazil, French Guiana

Distribution

See also

• Demographics of Suriname

Notes

1. "Suriname." CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.
2. ^ "Suriname." Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.
3. Peter Rivière (1981). "A Report on the Trio Indians in Suriname". New West Indian Guide. The Hague: Nijhoff Publishers. p. 2.

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