The Caribbean, Trinidad and the Guianas
Wai Wai
Lands
Kanashen in the far south of Guyana, and Indigenous lands in Pará, Amazonas and Roraima states, Brazil
Facts 3
Land
In 2007 the Wai Wai of Kanashen in southern Guyana made their titled forest a Community Owned Conservation Area; in 2017 it became a national protected area.
As of 2017 Source: Protected Areas Commission, Guyana, Kanashen Amerindian Protected Area (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Culture
Guyana's Ministry of Amerindian Affairs describes the Wai Wai as expert weavers and bead designers, and skilled builders who raised the landmark Umana Yana.
Source: Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Government of Guyana, Indigenous Nations (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
Waiwai, a Carib-family language, is the main language in Waiwai communities in Brazil, and most young people born there speak it.
Source: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, Waiwai (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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