Trois Sauts

Trois Sauts (English: three waterfalls) or Ɨtu wasu is a cluster of four Amerindian Wayampi and Teko[4] villages on the Oyapock River in French Guiana near the border with Brazil. Trois Sauts contains the villages of Roger, Zidock (also Zidok), Yawapa, and Pina.[5]

Trois Sauts
Ɨtu wasu
Cluster of villages
Drawing of the Trois Sauts waterfalls (1893)
Drawing of the Trois Sauts waterfalls (1893)
Trois Sauts is located in French Guiana
Trois Sauts
Trois Sauts
Location in French Guiana
Coordinates: 2.24589°N 52.87343°W / 2.24589; -52.87343
CountryFrance
Overseas regionFrench Guiana
ArrondissementCayenne
CommuneCamopi
Government
 • ChiefJacky Pawey[1]
Elevation
[2]
138 m (453 ft)
Population
 (2012)[3]
 • Totalc. 590
Time zoneUTC-3

History

Trois Sauts has been established in the 1950s,[6] and named after a waterfall near the source of river. The name was a mistranslation, because the waterfall has four levels making it impossible to pass by boat, and thus isolating the upstream area in Brazil from the downstream in French Guiana.[7] The people living in Trois Sauts came from the upstream areas. It was not until 1969, that the villages of Roger and Zidock were established.[7] As of 2012, the villages are in a sustainable local development area of the Guiana Amazonian Park and has a park office.[8]

Even though Trois Sault is an isolated community and far from the gold fields of Camopi, the population of the villages had the highest contamination with mercury, because they live on cassave, hunting and fishing without access to supermarkets.[9]

Overview

Trois Sauts has a school, a clinic, and since 2013, an annex of the commune.[5] In 2020, a hydroelectric power plant in the waterfall was completed in order to provide electricity for the villages.[10]

Transport

The villages can only be reached via the river. It is located two days by boat from Saint-Georges or one day from Camopi.[5] The villages may only be accessed with a special permit from the Prefecture.[11][5]

References
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  1. "Grand Conseil Coutumier : les membres élus". Collective Territorialé de Guyane (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. "Os Treis Saltos, Brasil". Geonames. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. Maurizio Alì & Rodica Ailincai (2012). "Comparaison des écosystèmes éducatifs chez deux groupes d'Amérindiens: les Wayãpi et les Wayana" (in French): Table 1 (based on registrations at the local clinic). Retrieved 3 August 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Thomas Malmontet (2020). "Spectrum of skin diseases in Amerindian villages of the Upper Oyapock, French Guiana". International Journal of Dermatology. 59 (5): 600. doi:10.1111/ijd.14848. PMC 7217172. PMID 32227343.
  5. "Les amérindiens Wayampis, citoyens français d'Amazonie". Medium (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. Pacot, Rémi; Garmit, Basma; Pradem, Marianne; Nacher, Mathieu; Brousse, Paul (2018). "The problem of suicide among Amerindians in Camopi-Trois Sauts, French Guiana 2008–2015". BMC Psychiatry. 18 (1): 99. doi:10.1186/s12888-018-1670-6. PMC 5896108. PMID 29642878.
  7. Grenand & Grenand 2017, p. 57.
  8. "CAMOPI TROIS SAUTS - Parc Amazonien de Guyane". Parc Amazonien Guyane (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  9. "The effects of gold mining in rivers in French Guiana". Institut de recherche pour le développement. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  10. "Project Guyane 2019-2020". Piles Solidaires (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  11. "Musiques et danses Wayampi". Une Saison en Guyane (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2020.

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