Akawaio |
Arawak |
Arekuna |
Karinya |
Macushi |
Patamona |
WaiWai |
Wapisiana |
Warau
| Arekuna |
|
| Indigenous Group |
Arekuna (Also known as: Arecuna, Pemong) |
| Location |
Guyana, Upper Mazaruni District, along Kamarang River, Paruima |
| Estimated Population |
500 (2007, Pan
Tribal Confederacy of Tribal Nations) |
| Environment |
Riverine / Valley |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture /
Fishing / Hunter / Paid Labor |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly
Traditional |
| Language and Family Family |
Pemon
Classification: Carib, Northern, East-West Guiana,
Macushi-Kapon, Kapon
Alternate names: Pemong, Arecuna.
Dialects: Camaracoto, Taurepan (Taulipang), Arecuna
(Aricuna, Arekuna, Jaricuna). |
| Website URLs |
Guyana
Sustainable Development
Networking Programme: Guyana
Ethnologue: Languages of Guyana
National
Report on Indigenous Peoples and development: Guyana
Les ethnies de la
Grande Amazonie
|
| NGOs |
Caribbean Amerindian
Centrelink
The Amerindian Peoples Association
World
Rainforest Movement
Forest Peoples Programme
Devnet
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