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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: 1-36 [Original: 509-534 ]
By: Hurault, Jean, Fort, Richard.
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Geographer
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Robert O. Lagacé ; 1968
- Field Date
- 1948-1959
- Coverage Date
- 1920-1959
- Coverage Place
- Suriname and French Guiana
- 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
- LCSH
- Djuka people