Present-day country
Guyana
9 nations list Guyana among their present-day countries.
Present-day countries are listed by ISO 3166 names. Many nations live across more than one.
9 nations
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Akawaio
Also known as Kapon
Lands Upper Mazaruni area and nearby river valleys of western Guyana, with Akawaio also counted in Venezuela's census
Akawaio is one of the nine Indigenous languages covered by Guyana's language revival programme, which the government moved to restart in 2021.
Source: Department of Public Information, Government of Guyana (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Kaliña
Also known as Kari'na
Lands Coastal Suriname and French Guiana, with related communities in Guyana, Venezuela and Brazil
In Suriname the Kari'na (Kaliña) live in many villages with their own village heads, including Christiaankondre and Langamankondre at Galibi in Marowijne district.
Source: Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (VIDS) (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Lokono
Also known as Arawak
Lands Coastal and river villages of Suriname, Guyana and French Guiana
Suriname's association of Indigenous village leaders lists the Lokono among the country's four major Indigenous peoples, with villages such as Washabo, Apoera and Alfonsdorp.
Source: Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (VIDS) (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Macuxi
Also known as Makuxi
Lands Fields and mountains of northern Roraima, Brazil, between the headwaters of the Branco and Rupununi rivers, extending into Guyana and Venezuela
The Conselho Indígena de Roraima, founded in 1990, unites ten peoples including the Macuxi and Wapichana, with 270 of the state's 465 communities as members.
Source: Conselho Indígena de Roraima (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Patamona
Also known as Kapon
Lands North and South Pakaraima Mountains and the Essequibo region of Guyana, including villages near Kaieteur Falls
Chenapou is the Patamona village closest to Kaieteur National Park, and Patamona communities hunt, fish and gather plants in the lands around Kaieteur.
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Pemón
Also known as Arekuna
Lands Savannas of southeastern Venezuela, the Kamarang River area of Guyana, and Roraima state in Brazil
In Venezuela's 2011 census, where people self-identified, the Pemón made up about 4.2 percent of the country's Indigenous population.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Venezuela (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Wai Wai
Also known as Waiwai
Lands Kanashen in the far south of Guyana, and Indigenous lands in Pará, Amazonas and Roraima states, Brazil
In 2007 the Wai Wai of Kanashen in southern Guyana made their titled forest a Community Owned Conservation Area; in 2017 it became a national protected area.
Source: Protected Areas Commission, Guyana (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Wapichana
Also known as Wapichan
Lands Northeastern Roraima, Brazil, and the South Rupununi in southwestern Guyana
In 2012 Wapichan leaders in Guyana presented a community map and land plan titled Thinking Together for those Coming Behind Us.
Source: Forest Peoples Programme (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Warao
Also known as Warrau
Lands Orinoco Delta of Venezuela, the North West District of Guyana, and communities in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago's government names the Warao Nation of Trinidad and Tobago among the country's own Indigenous groups.