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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Label Occurrences
Akurio canonical 2

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Statements (46)

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 ⓘ
culturalStatus endangered culture ⓘ
ethnographicInterest semi-nomadic forest hunter-gatherers of Guianas ⓘ
inhabits Guianas ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
language Akurio language ⓘ
languageFamily Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
linguisticStatus endangered language ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Guianas ⓘ
populationStatus very small population ⓘ
populationTrend endangered ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn Suriname ⓘ
region Inland Guiana Shield ⓘ
regionType interior rainforest ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Tiriyó ⓘ
Wayana ⓘ
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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