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, Para, Marowijne, Sipaliwini
Languages
	Indigenous languages, Dutch, and Sranan Tongo
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 3.8% 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]

Notes

1 2 "Suriname." CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Suriname." Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.

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[cia-1] 1 2 "Suriname." CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.

[suriname-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Suriname." Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.

Ancestry and ethnicity in Suriname
Indigenous	Arawak Lokono Carib Akurio Kali'na Sikiana Tiriyó Wayana Warao
Non-Indigenous	African Maroons Kwinti Ndyuka Paramaccan Saramaka Brazilian Chinese Dutch Indian Javanese Jewish Lebanese Portuguese

Indigenous peoples in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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

Indigenous peoples in Suriname

Contemporary groups

See also

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