For more than twenty years, the Association of Indigenous Village Chiefs in Suriname (Vids) has worked together with indigenous village communities to map their traditional residential and living areas. This was done out of necessity, Cylene France, director of the Vids office, told De Ware Tijd. Text Kevin Headley Image Klim The first area they started with in 1999/2000 was located in East Suriname. “The communities there began mapping their te…
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For more than twenty years, the Association of Indigenous Village Chiefs in Suriname (Vids) has worked together with indigenous village communities to map their traditional residential and living areas. This was done out of necessity, Cylene France, director of the Vids office, told De Ware Tijd. Text Kevin Headley Image Klim The first area they started with in 1999/2000 was located in East Suriname. “The communities there began mapping their te…