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Comparative demographic study of the Oyana Indians and the Boni Refugee Blacks of the Upper Maroni (French Guiana)
Population • 14 • Published In 1959 • Pages: HRAF MS: 1-38 [Original: 509-534 ]
By: Hurault, Jean, Fort, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents an analysis and comparison of some demographic characteristics of the Boni and the Oyana Indians (SR12). Hurault considers this to be a sort of natural biological experiment since it involves two entirely distinct ethnic groups which nevertheless live side by side, lead in general the same way of life and have the same diet. The analysis deals mainly with age and sex distribution, birth and death rates, and the net rate of population growth or decline. Differences in basic demographic patterns and trends of these two groups are interpreted as resulting primarily from their different biological adaptation to the environment, including especially the major disease vectors, and from their differential reaction to introduced diseases. Brief supplementary data are also given for the Emerillion Indians (SQ08).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Demography
- Production and supply
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ndyuka
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert O. Lagacé ; 1968
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1948-1959
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1920-1959
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Suriname and French Guiana
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Jean Hurault
- Translation of: étude Démographique Comparée des Indiens Oayana et des Noirs Réfugiés Boni du Haut-Maroni (Guyane Française)
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Richard Fort
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Djuka people