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
Regions with significant populations
	Paramaribo, Wanica, Para, Marowijne, Sipaliwini
Languages
	Akurio, Arawak-Lokono, Carib-Kari'nja, Sikiana-Kashuyana, Tiro-Tiriyó, Waiwai, Warao, Wayana, Dutch, Sranan Tongo, English
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 3.5% of Suriname's population of 612,985.

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Akurio, Tapanahoni and Sipaliwini rivers, Kwamalasamutu^[2]
Arawak (Lokono), Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela^[2]
Kalina, Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela^[2]
Mawayana [nl]^[2]
Saloema (Taruma), Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Brazil, Guyana^[3]
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]

Demographics of Suriname

[1]
"Suriname." CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.
[2]
"Suriname." Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.
[3]
Peter Rivière (1981). "A Report on the Trio Indians in Suriname". New West Indian Guide. The Hague: Nijhoff Publishers. p. 2.

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

[suriname-2] [2]
"Suriname." Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.

[3] [3]
Peter Rivière (1981). "A Report on the Trio Indians in Suriname". New West Indian Guide. The Hague: Nijhoff Publishers. p. 2.

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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
Akurio, Arawak-Lokono, Carib-Kari'nja, Sikiana-Kashuyana, Tiro-Tiriyó, Waiwai, Warao, Wayana, Dutch, Sranan Tongo, English
Religion
Native American religion, Christianity (Catholicism and Protestantism), others