About Us
Baokopa’o wa di’itinpan wadauniinao ati’o niiThinking together for those coming behind us Our forest east of Kobarara Mountain in Wapichan territory in Guyana [Photo: Philip Brown, SRDC Monitor, 2016] The Wapichan people and our ancestors have occupied and used the whole area that we call Wapichan…
Our Vision
Our vision is that in twenty-five years’ time our people, our communities and our lands will be like this … We will live together on our traditional lands as Wapichannao. The entire Wapichan wiizi, as defined in our documents submitted to the Amerindian Lands…
Villages
Parikowaro Naawa Village (Parikwarinau) Parikowaro means grassland sparrow and naawa means hill. The village was named after the grandfather spirit of the bird, which is now sitting as a rock approximately 1 and a half km north from the centre of the village. It…
FPIC in Wapichan Wiizi.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BMaw46xr94JkZRj7KBe-iRMM1pPby8fX/view?usp=drive_link Ensuring that, as Indigenous people, our rights are respected by all outsiders, we are also sharing the struggles we face every day when outsiders do not abide by our FPIC rules. Taking with us to COP30 is a video as we plead for…
Conservation in Wapichan Wiizi
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kye1jAKUnlE8AtXth3EUIBTHNYo5rI06/view?usp=drive_link To ensure that our Wapichan voices are heard on the international stage at COP30, we are taking a video with us – a message from our people to the world. Conservation is not new to us as Indigenous people. For centuries, our ancestors…
World Environment Day 2024
As we celebrate World Environment Day 2024 the South Rupununi District Council would like to remind everyone that we have a right to a clean and healthy environment. Every action we as humans do has an impact on our life and our environment. Today…