The Caribbean, Trinidad and the Guianas
Ye'kwana
Lands
Amazonas and Bolívar states in southern Venezuela, and the Auaris and Uraricoera rivers of Roraima, Brazil
Facts 3
Language
The name Ye'kwana, which the people use for themselves, entered Venezuela's census in 1982 and has almost fully replaced the outside name Makiritare.
As of 2011 Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Venezuela, Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2011: Empadronamiento de la Población Indígena (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
Among themselves the Ye'kwana use So'to, meaning 'people', while Ye'kwana can be translated as 'canoe people'.
Source: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, Ye'kwana (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Land
In Brazil, the three Ye'kwana communities on the Auaris and Uraricoera rivers lie within the Yanomami Indigenous Land in Roraima.
Source: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, Ye'kwana (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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