Kuruni

This article is about the village Kuruni. For the resort Coeroeni, see Coeroeni.
Kuruni
Coeroeni
Village
Kuruni is located in Suriname
Kuruni
Kuruni
Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 3°22′12″N 57°20′40″W / 3.3700°N 57.3445°W / 3.3700; -57.3445
Country Suriname
DistrictSipaliwini District
ResortCoeroeni
Government
 • CaptainToehanpe Akunpashi
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
88[1]

Kuruni (also: Curuni[2] and Coeroeni[1]) is a village in the Coeroeni resort in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is inhabited by indigenous people of the Tiriyó tribe.[3] The inhabitants are of the subgroup Aramayana or the Bee people.[4]

Overview

The population as of 2022 is 88 people.[1] There is no school in the village.[5] In 2007, a medical clinic was opened in Kuruni, and is being managed by rotating nurses from Kwamalasamutu.[6] As of November 2019, the villages has 24 hours of electricity using solar panels.[2]

History

In 1959, the Coeroenie Airstrip was constructed to access the interior, and to map mineral resources.[7] In 1965,[8] a camp was constructed near the airstrip to house workers for a planned weir. The village was not intended for permanent habitation. On 12 December 1967, four armed men of the Guyana police force landed and told the workers to leave Camp Oronoque which marked the beginning of the Tigri conflict.[7] Kuruni became a military outpost of the Surinamese army near the border, but was disbanded again in 1968.[9] In 1995, a small group of people from Kwamalasamutu moved into the prefab houses which had been left behind.[10] In 2001 or 2002, granman (paramount chief) Asongo Alalaparu sent a Captain with his extended family to the village.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "24 uur elektriciteit voor Curuni en Sipaliwini Savanne". GFC Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ^ Heemskerk & Delvoye 2007, p. 1.
  4. ^ Mans 2011, p. 209.
  5. ^ Heemskerk & Delvoye 2007, p. 15.
  6. ^ Heemskerk & Delvoye 2007, p. 88.
  7. ^ a b "Airstrip Coeroeni". TRIS Online (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. ^ De Gids (1970). "De Gids. Jaargang 133". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Een halve eeuw Tigri". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Amotopoan trails : a recent archaeology of Trio movements - Page 5". University of Leiden. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  11. ^ Heemskerk & Delvoye 2007, p. 32.

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