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Arawak |
Maroon |
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Maroon
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| Indigenous Group |
Maroon (Also Known as: Marronage, Cimarrón, Cima)
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| Location |
Suriname, Jamaica, Amazon River Basin to the American states of Florida and North Carolina. Lawa River. Also found in French Guiana
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| Estimated Population |
23,000 (1995,
SIL International) |
| Environment |
Forest / Mountain / Tropical
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Hunter / Fishing / Agriculture
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| Level of Assimilation |
Traditional
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| Language Family |
Saramaccan
Classification:
Creole language, English Creole
Dialects:
Matawari |
| Website URLs |
Maroon Group of Suriname
UNESCO/JLU
Wikipedia – Maroon
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| NGOs |
Stop Violence Against Women
The Amazon Alliance
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