Marijkedorp
Marijkedorp (Lokono: Wan Shi Sha) is a village of indigenous Lokono people[1] in the Albina resort of the Marowijne District of Suriname. Grace Watamaleo has been the village captain since 2011.[2]
Marijkedorp
Wan Shi Sha | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Marijkedorp Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 5.507083°N 54.052556°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Marowijne District |
| Resort | Albina |
| Government | |
| • Captain | Grace Watamaleo[1] |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 310 |
In the 1970s, Albina and Marijkedorp started become a single urban area.[3] Marijkedorp is depended on Albina for education and healthcare.[4] The Lokono language has nearly disappeared from Marijkedorp and replaced by Dutch. In 2021, an initiative was launched to revitalise the language.[5]
Nature reserve
Marijkedorp and the village of Alfonsdorp are in an ongoing dispute over the Wanekreek Nature Reserve, as both consider it part of their traditional hunting and fishing grounds.[6] The reserve has not been inhabited since the 1950s.[7]
References
- "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- Ministerie van Regionale Ontwikkeling, Ambtelijke delegatie van Koksijde bezoekt Suriname, 1 februari 2011
- "Bewoners Marijkedorp stellen komitee in". Vrije Stem (in Dutch). 15 July 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- Plan Bureau 2014, p. Table 4.
- "Arowakse taal nieuw leven inblazen". Culturu (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden (October 2009). "Securing Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Conservation in Suriname" (PDF). Forest Peoples. p. 53. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden (January 2008). "Nature Reserves within the Indigenous Territory of the Kaliña and Lokono Peoples of Lower Marowijne" (PDF). Forest Peoples. p. 4. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
Bibliography
- Ouboter, Paul E. (2001). "Directory of protected areas of Suriname". IBER.
- Plan Bureau (2014). "Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch).
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