Akurio

E618493

The Akurio are a small Indigenous people of the Guianas, traditionally semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers living in the rainforest regions of Suriname.

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Akurio language 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people
Cariban language
Indigenous people
language
climate humid tropical
contactHistory late sustained contact with outsiders
continent South America
cosmology spirit-inhabited forest
country Suriname NERFINISHED
culturalStatus endangered culture
ethnographicInterest semi-nomadic forest hunter-gatherers of Guianas
inhabits Guianas NERFINISHED
Suriname NERFINISHED
language Akurio language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Cariban languages NERFINISHED
linguisticStatus endangered language
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Guianas NERFINISHED
populationStatus very small population
populationTrend endangered
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn Suriname NERFINISHED
region Inland Guiana Shield NERFINISHED
regionType interior rainforest
relatedEthnicGroup Tiriyó NERFINISHED
Wayana NERFINISHED
religionType animism
risk loss of language
loss of traditional knowledge
loss of traditional territory
selfIdentification Indigenous people of the forest
socialOrganization small kin-based bands
subsistenceEconomy non-mechanized
traditionalEnvironment tropical rainforest
traditionalFoodSources fish
game animals
wild plants
traditionalHousing temporary forest camps
traditionalHuntingTools blowguns
bows and arrows
traditionalKnowledge medicinal plants
rainforest ecology
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalMobilityPattern seasonal movements
traditionalRegion southeastern Suriname
traditionalSubsistence hunter-gatherer
transport river travel by canoe
uses slash-and-burn horticulture (limited, supplementary)

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