Population

Internal Migration

Settlement Patterns

Wartime Adjustments

Cult of the Dead

External Migration

Labor Supply and Employment

External Relations

Revolution

Instigation of War

Aftermath of Combat

Organization and Analysis of Results

Linguistic Identification

History

Slavery

Identification

Cultural Participation

Ethnic Stratification

Bibliographies in Sources

Revelation and Divination

Prophets and Ascetics

Priesthood

Congregations

Social Control

Informal in-Group Justice

Retail Marketing

Division of Labor by Gender

Gender Status

Eschatology

Inheritance

Life and Death

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Special Burial Practices and Funerals

Social Readjustments to Death

Material Not Relevant

Dwellings

Travel

Residence

Household

Polygamy

Community Structure

Community Heads

Community Councils

Local Officials

Chief Executive

Topography and Geology

Annual Cycle

Urban and Rural Life

Mortuary Specialists

Ingroup Antagonisms

Sanctions

Sex and Marital Offenses

Location

Kinship Terminology

Organized Ceremonial

Regulation of Marriage

Food Quest

Tillage

Arboriculture

Commercial Facilities

Production and Supply

Social Relationships and Groups

Lineages

Clans

Clothing Manufacture

Woodworking

Income and Demand

External Trade

Theory of Disease

Magical and Mental Therapy

Medical Therapy

Discipline and Morale

Spirits and Gods

Water Transport

General Character of Religion

Family Relationships

Child Care

Childhood Activities

Education System

Glossary

Real Property

Termination of Marriage

Sorcery

Kin Relationships

Classes

Sodalities

Status and Treatment of the Aged

Sociocultural Trends

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Visual Arts

Basis of Marriage

Mode of Marriage

Mining and Quarrying

Lumbering

Reviews and Critiques

Missions

CULTURE SUMMARY: NDYUKA

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

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INDEXING NOTES

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

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The Ndyuka live in the northern extension of the Amazonian rain forest in the Marowijne (Maroni) river basin which is shared by the Republic of Suriname and French Guiana. The Ndyuka are one of six Maroon (or &#x22;Bush Negro&#x22;) groups in Suriname.  Maroons are the descendants of rebel African slaves who succeeded in building independent communities in the Americas. After a protracted guerrilla war, they concluded a peace treaty with the Dutch colonial regime in 1760 and were granted semi-independence. Ndyuka economy has always been based on swidden agriculture, supplemented by hunting and fishing, and participation in the postcolonial economy.

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