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Akurio people

Field	Value
group	Akurio
population	40 (2012)
popplace	Suriname
languages	Akurio, Trío
religions	traditional tribal religion
related	Trío

The Akurio are an Indigenous people living in Suriname. They are hunter-gatherers, who were first contacted in 1938 when chanced upon by a survey party led by Willem Ahlbrinck. Ahlbrinck was on a mission to find the Ojarikoelé tribe, also known as Wajarikoele, but could not find them. A little over thirty years later in 1969, they were rediscovered by Ivan Schoen, a Protestant missionary. The people were nomadic and had a predilection for honey-gathering and the stone tools they had were typically employed for this endeavor. In 1975 American missionaries persuaded the tribe to live in Pelelu Tepu.

Name

The Akurio are also called Akoerio, Akuliyo, Akuri, Akurijo, Akuriyo, Oyaricoulet, Triometesem, Triometesen, Wama, or Wayaricuri people.

Population

40% to 50% of the Akurio died within two years after contact in 1969.

The population was estimated to be 50 in 2000. It fell to 40 by 2012.

Language

The group used the Akurio language, also known as Akuriyó, until the late 20th century, when they began using the Trio language. Schoen had left a number of Trio Indian guides with the Akurio after their first meeting.

Notes

References

[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ako "Akurio."] ''Ethnologue.'' 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
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Cornell. (1972). "Strange Sudden & Unexpected! - Smithsonian Institution's Center for Short-Lived Phenomena". Scholastic Book Services.
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