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Saramaka in their homeland. The end of the war in the mid-1990s initiated a period in which the national government largely neglected the needs of Saramaka and other Maroons while granting large timber and mining concessions to foreign multinationals (Chinese, Indonesian, Malaysian, and others) in traditional Saramaka territory. They did not consult the Saramaka authorities.
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369:– individually, in small groups, and sometimes in great collective rebellions. For nearly 100 years, they fought from the rainforest for their independence. They were so feared that late 18th century maps showed the defensive fortifications in the European colony intended to protect against their raids.
840:, and other forms of divination. As the national government is intervening more frequently in Saramaka affairs (and paying political officials nominal salaries), the sacred base of these officials’ power is gradually being eroded. These political offices are historically controlled and the property of
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to an ancestor's displeasure. Once the cause is known, rites are carried out to appease the offended god or ancestor (or otherwise right the social imbalance). Since the 1960s, Western mission clinics and hospitals have been used by most
Saramaka as a supplement to their own healing practices. During
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from the time of their ancestor's escape from slavery in the eighteenth century. In the latter part of 1993, a local, independent missionary by the name of Steve
Groseclose and a small group of Saramaka men from other less remote villages ventured beyond the main barrier point called Tapa Wata Sula,
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The dead play an active role in the lives of the living. Ancestor shrines – several to a village – are the site of frequent prayers and libations, as the dead are consulted about ongoing village problems. A death occasions a series of complex rituals that lasts about a year, culminating in the final
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are the avenging spirits of people or gods who were wronged during their lifetime and who pledge themselves to eternally tormenting the matrilineal descendants and close matrilineal kinsmen of their offender. Much of
Saramaka ritual life is devoted to their appeasement. The Saramaka believe that all
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that serve large numbers of clients, as well as the various categories of possession gods, and various kinds of minor divination. These specialists generally pass on their knowledge to selected individuals before death. A large proportion of
Saramaka have some kind of specialized ritual expertise,
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to land disputes, political succession, or major crimes. These same problems, in addition to illness and other kinds of misfortune, are routinely interpreted through various kinds of divination as well. In all cases, consensus is found through negotiation, often with a strong role being played by
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originates in human action; not only does each misfortune, illness, or death stem from a specific past misdeed, but every offense, whether against people or gods, has eventual consequences. The ignoble acts of the dead intrude daily on the lives of the living; any illness or misfortune calls for
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Maroons and the military government of Suriname caused considerable hardship to the Saramaka and other Maroons. By mid-1989 approximately 3,000 Saramaka and 8,000 Ndyuka were living as temporary refugees in French Guiana. Access to the outside world was
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Maroons against the national army of Suriname, brought major
381:. Innovative scholarly research since the late 20th century has brought together oral and archival accounts in new histories. Like the other Suriname Maroons, the Saramaka lived almost as a state-within-a-state until the mid-20th century, when the pace of outside encroachments increased.
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supporting their land rights in
Suriname for lands they have historically occupied, over national government claims. It was a landmark decision for indigenous peoples in the world. They have received compensation for damages and control this fund for their own development goals.
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translated as Shut Off Rapids. This initial excursion led to subsequent trips and began the gradual influx of increasing outside influence throughout the following years. A local Saramaka man named Pompeia had left one of the uncontacted villages to visit the capital city of
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of the deceased from the village forever. These rites involve the largest public gatherings in Saramaka and also include all-night drum/song/dance performances. At their conclusion, the deceased has passed out of the realm of the living into that of the ancestors.
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of slaves in Suriname, the Maroons won their freedom and signed a treaty with the Dutch Crown to acknowledge their territorial rights and trading privileges. The Saramaka have a keen interest in the history of their formative years; they preserve their very rich
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plus some wives and children of lineage men. Always located near a river, for water, transportation and fishing, they are constructed of an irregular arrangement of small houses, open-sided structures, domesticated trees, occasional chicken houses, various
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filled with personal belongings. These rites include divination with the coffin (to consult the spirit of the deceased) by carrying it on the heads of two men, feasts for the ancestors, all-night drum/song/dance performances, and the telling of
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passage of the deceased to the status of ancestor. The initial rites, which are carried out over a period of one week to three months, depending on the importance of the deceased, end with the burial of the corpse in an elaborately constructed
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is established early, with children taking on responsibility for gender-typed adult tasks as soon as they are physically able. Girls often marry by age 15, whereas boys are more often in their twenties when they take their first wife.
855:) and divination sessions provide complementary arenas for the resolution of social problems. Palavers may involve the men of a lineage, a village, or all Saramaka. They treat problems ranging from conflicts concerning marriage or
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and ancestors. In a type of reconciliation justice, guilty parties are usually required to pay for their misdeeds with material offerings to the lineage of the offended person. In the 18th century people found guilty of
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beliefs. Such decisions as where to clear a garden or build a house, whether to undertake a trip, or how to deal with theft or adultery are made in consultation with village deities, ancestors, forest spirits, and
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gold-miners arrived on the Suriname river. Such economic activities as prostitution, casino gambling, and drug smuggling became major industries in coastal Suriname and accompanied the miners to the interior.
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bowls. Some men also produced baskets, and some women made pottery. Men built the houses and canoes. In addition, they carved a wide range of wooden objects for domestic use, such as stools, paddles,
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to Europeans in Suriname in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Coming from a variety of West and Central African peoples speaking many different languages, they escaped into the dense
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within that territory. In addition, they were granted compensation from the government for damages caused by previous timber grants made to Chinese companies. This was paid into a special
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and women's decorative sewing. Although many women live primarily in their husband's village, men never spend more than a few days at a time in the matrilineal (home) village of a wife.
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and plunder. Their reintegration into Saramaka (and Ndyuka) society has been difficult, though their migration to the coast and French Guiana has provided a
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thereafter). This late-20th century fieldwork complements the modern fieldwork carried out among other groups of Suriname Maroons, such as the
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Until the late 20th century, the Saramaka produced most of their material culture, much of it embellished with decorative detail. Women sewed
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the Suriname Civil War of the 1980s and 1990s, most of these facilities were destroyed. They have only been very partially restored since.
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earlier that year. His knowledge of the villages beyond Tapa Wata Sula made him an invaluable guide on the first trips into the area.
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be in menstrual seclusion" is the same as "to be in mourning."
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were sometimes burned at the stake. Today, men caught
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1537:. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press.
1434:. Utrecht: Instituut voor Culturele Antropologie.
1430:Polimé, Thomas; van Velzen, H.U.E. Thoden (1988).
1230:
656:Saramaka society is firmly based on a matrilineal
2054:. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
1998:. Utrecht: Instituut voor Culturele Antropologie.
1072:(during two summers in 1928 and 1929). Americans
751:knowledge (and occasionally a shotgun) to a son.
717:, with frequent exchanges of gifts such as men's
16:Maroon ethnic group of Suriname and French Guiana
1503:
1501:
1302:"Substrate Influence in the Creoles of Suriname"
436:The Saramaka maroons were originally living in
941:(some since the mid-18th century), but others
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1980:Kambel, Ellen-Rose, and Fergus MacKay. 1999.
1952:Green, Edward C., "Matawai Lineage Fission",
1758:, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2008.
1409:. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
1384:. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
333:. Both languages are historically related to
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2026:. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
1324:
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428:fund, which is now managed by the Saramaka.
228:. In 2007, the Saramaka won a ruling by the
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1768:Price, Richard; Bilby, Sally Price (1991).
1719:. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
1455:Kambel, Ellen-Rose; MacKay, Fergus (1999).
372:In 1762, a full century before the general
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2085:. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
2052:Rainforest Warriors: Human Rights on Trial
1954:Bijdragen Tot de Taal Land En Volkenkunde
1879:. Dordrecht, Holland: Foris Publications.
1587:Saramaka Maroons on the Brazilian Frontier
1266:. Chateauneuf-le-Rouge: Vents d'Ailleurs.
1212:Revista Española de AntropologĂa Americana
35:
28:
2071:. Châteauneuf-le-Rouge: Vents d'ailleurs.
1535:Rainforest Warriors Human Rights on Trial
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771:Political organization and social control
705:) and preferences are negotiated through
698:Complex marriage prohibitions (including
402:Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
236:The word "Maroon" comes from the Spanish
1776:. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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2088:Price, Sally, and Richard Price. 1999.
2074:Price, Richard, and Sally Price. 2003.
2067:Price, Richard, and Sally Price. 2003.
2064:. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
2060:Price, Richard, and Sally Price. 1991.
2047:. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
1949:Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 411 417, 1976.
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1989:Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
1309:Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
620:, tools, pots, cloth, hammocks, soap,
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19:For the village in French Guiana, see
1970:Vol.25, No.3, pp. 251 276, 1978;
1850:Price, Richard; Price, Sally (2003).
1692:Price, Richard; Price, Sally (1977).
1662:Price, Sally; Price, Richard (1999).
1262:Price, Richard; Price, Sally (2003).
945:. Increasingly some are converted to
640:became common consumer items. Today,
612:The men conduct hunting of game with
590:and embroidered clothing, and carved
410:Inter-American Court for Human Rights
230:Inter-American Court for Human Rights
7:
1930:Chinese Journal of International Law
1904:. Long Grove, Ill.: Waveland Press.
1831:. New York and London: McGraw-Hill.
1560:Chinese Journal of International Law
60:Regions with significant populations
1977:. New York and London: McGraw-Hill.
1854:. Chicago, Ill.: Prickly Paradigm.
824:), as well as a series of headmen (
462:Example of art by the Saramaka folk
311:built to supply electricity for an
284:(who together number some 25,000).
2078:. Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press.
897:, if not for the receiving areas.
454:Subsistence, economy, and the arts
14:
1963:Vol 50(3) pp. 107 116, 1977.
224:and one of the Maroon peoples in
136:: Moravian, Catholic, Evangelical
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1070:Melville and Frances Herskovits
299:in villages constructed by the
1088:ethnography of Dutch scholars
889:. They became accustomed to a
563:. Domesticated trees, such as
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1591:College of William & Mary
885:and Saramaka, learned to use
807:Protestant missionary schools
736:members or resident wives of
495:, and traditionally roofs of
2296:British and French Caribbean
1947:Social and Economic Studies,
1690:talking drum, and more, see
1300:Migge, Bettina, ed. (2007).
1229:Price, Richard, ed. (1996).
795:. No social or occupational
240:, which was derived from an
2113:. Toronto: Emblem Editions.
2029:Richard Price (ed.). 1996.
1484:. Toronto, Canada: Emblem.
1361:. Library of Congress. 1777
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1961:Anthropological Quarterly,
990:, or, increasingly, cash.
43:The Negro in the New World
18:
2685:
1572:10.1093/chinesejil/jmn031
1333:. Ann Arbor, MI: Karoma.
1163:10.1163/22134360-12340110
905:Every aspect of Saramaka
881:" rebel army, almost all
828:) and assistant headmen (
432:Presence in French Guiana
390:United States Peace Corps
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2062:Two Evenings in Saramaka
1772:Two Evenings in Saramaka
1666:. Boston: Beacon Press.
1480:Westoll, Andrew (2008).
1050:uncontacted people group
949:of one or another kind.
791:forming the backbone of
408:. In November 2007, the
287:Since their escape from
2109:Westoll, Andrew. 2008.
2106:. Long Grove: Waveland.
2092:. Boston: Beacon Press.
2083:Co-Wives and Calabashes
1742:Co-Wives and Calabashes
1717:Co-wives and Calabashes
1637:Price, Richard (1975).
1585:Price, Richard (2002).
1533:Price, Richard (2012).
1405:Price, Richard (1995).
1380:Price, Richard (1983).
1329:Price, Richard (1983).
1090:Bonno Thoden van Velzen
683:The matrilineal clans (
21:Saramaka, French Guiana
2769:Indigenous land rights
2620:Ancestry and ethnicity
2347:Quilombola territories
2342:Quilombola communities
2050:Price, Richard. 2011.
2043:Price, Richard. 2008.
2022:Price, Richard. 1990.
2015:Price, Richard. 1983.
2008:Price, Richard. 1983.
2001:Price, Richard. 1975.
1612:Histoire de la Justice
926:, feasts, and dances.
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164:of the Saramaka people
2038:New West Indian Guide
1805:TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
1740:Price, Sally (1996).
1715:Price, Sally (1984).
1359:Digital World Library
1150:New West Indian Guide
499:or, increasingly, of
461:
309:hydroelectric project
141:Related ethnic groups
2081:Price, Sally. 1984.
2019:. Ann Arbor: Karoma.
1624:10.3917/rhj.026.0201
1604:Yerri Urban (2016).
1061:Ethnographic studies
909:is based in various
871:in flagrante delicto
803:, on a daily basis.
297:Lower Suriname River
293:Upper Suriname River
256:Setting and language
2287:History of slavery
2099:. Dordrecht: Foris.
793:social organization
652:Social organization
481:Horticultural camps
420:such as timber and
301:colonial government
55:90,000 (2013, est.)
31:
2774:Surinamese Maroons
2337:Haitian Revolution
2178:Great Dismal Swamp
1094:Ineke van Wetering
851:Council meetings (
811:elementary schools
726:social interaction
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414:indigenous peoples
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887:automatic weapons
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418:natural resources
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