They are hunter-gatherers, who were first contacted in 1938 when chanced upon by a survey party led by Willem Ahlbrinck.

The people were nomadic and had a predilection for honey-gathering and the stone tools they had were typically employed for this endeavor.

[4] The Akurio are also called Akoerio, Akuliyo, Akuri, Akurijo, Akuriyo, Oyaricoulet, Triometesem, Triometesen, Wama, or Wayaricuri people.

Schoen had left a number of Trio Indian guides with the Akurio after their first meeting.

[3] The last native speaker is believed to have died in the first decade of the 2000s, at which time only 10 people were estimated to have Akuriyó as a second language.