Kananoe Apetina

Kananoe Apetina (ca. 1885 – 11 April 1975) was a Wayana chief, who first in 1937 was recognized by the colonial authorities of Suriname as a captain, and who subsequently in 1952 was recognized by governor Jan Klaasesz as granman of the Wayana of the Tapanahony River in Suriname. Apetina died in 1975 and was succeeded as granman by Aptuk Noewahe.

Kananoe Apetina
Kananoe Apetina with his followers upon arrival in Paramaribo, photographed by Augusta Curiel
Granman of the Wayana in Suriname
Reign1952 – 11 April 1975
Predecessornone
SuccessorAptuk Noewahe
Bornca. 1885
Pará, Brazil
Died11 April 1975
Paramaribo, Suriname
SpouseMalopa

Biography

Apetina was the founder of the village of Wehejok.[1] During 1936–1937, Apetina was encountered by the colonial explorers of the Second Surinamese Border Expedition. Upon the return of the expedition to the Surinamese capital of Paramaribo, Apetina and a few other Wayana joined the expedition leaders in order to be received by governor Johannes Kielstra.[2][3] Kielstra bestowed the title of captain upon Apetina and presented him with a rifle and a Dutch flag.[4]

Upon the instigation of Baptist missionaries of the West Indies Mission, Apetina founded the village of Pïlëuwimë in 1956, at the site of a camp that was previously used to facilitate trade with the Ndyuka people.[4] Over time, most Wayana living on the Paloemeu and Tapanahony rivers migrated to Pïlëuwimë.

Kananoe Apetina died on 11 April 1975 in the Diakonessenhuis in Paramaribo,[5] and was buried with the rifle and the Dutch flag that were given to him by governor Kielstra in 1937.[6]

Personal life

Kananoe Apetina had three wives and five children.

Notes
  1. "De eerste reis van de Wayana naar de stad". Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. Kleijwegt 2013.
  3. Kleijwegt 2015.
  4. Wekker, Molendijk & Vernooij 1992, p. 37.
  5. Vrije Stem, 15 April 1975
  6. Wekker, Molendijk & Vernooij 1992, pp. 37–38.

References
  • Boven, Karin M. (2006). Overleven in een Grensgebied: Veranderingsprocessen bij de Wayana in Suriname en Frans-Guyana (PDF). Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers.
  • Kleijwegt, Truus (2013). Soso lobi? De politieke betekenis van de hartelijke ontvangst van Kananoe Apetina in Paramaribo in 1937. Leiden: Leiden University. hdl:1887/28422.
  • Kleijwegt, Truus (2015). Naar de stad. De eerste reis van de Wayana naar Paramaribo. Rotterdam: Uitgeverij Wehejok. ISBN 978-90-824487-0-2.
  • Wekker, J.; Molendijk, M.; Vernooij, J. (1992). De eerste volken van Suriname. Paramaribo: Stichting 12 oktober 1992.
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