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 in the 16th century, with the Dutch establishing control...

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...

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...

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...

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

by indigenous people: Kalina, Arawak, Galibi, Palikur, Teko, Wayampi and Wayana. The French attempted to create a colony there in the 16th century in conjunction...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

Pëleya, also spelt as Péléa, is a Wayana village on an island in the Litani River. Pëleya lies about 800 m (2,600 ft) downstream the Litani River from...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Palimino is a Wayana village on the Litani River. Palimino lies about 800 m (2,600 ft) upstream the Litani River from the village of Pëleya and about 2...

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

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...

Suisuimënë or Xuixuimënë is an Apalaí-Wayana village on the Eastern Paru River in the state of Pará in Brazil. Suisuimënë is one of the larger villages...