The Caribbean, Trinidad and the Guianas
Tarëno
Lands
Southern Suriname along the Sipaliwini, Tapanahony and Paloemeu rivers, and the Tumucumaque Indigenous Park in Pará, Brazil
Facts 3
Land
In Brazil the Tiriyó share the Tumucumaque Indigenous Park, ratified in 1997 and covering about 3.07 million hectares, with neighboring peoples.
As of 1997 Source: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, Tiriyó (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Today
Suriname's association of Indigenous village leaders counts the Trio among the country's four large Indigenous peoples, living mainly in the south.
Source: Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (VIDS), Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
In their own language the Tarëno say Wü Tarëno, 'I am Tarëno', meaning 'I am from here'; the names Trio and Tiriyó came from outsiders.
Source: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, Tiriyó (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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