[1] Pikin Slee is home to a group of Rastafari wood carving artists,[1] whose work is on display in the museum.

[1] The museum is dedicated to the cultural heritage of the Saramaccans[8] with a special emphasis on art.

Extensive flooding caused by faulty bridging resulted in the loss of large plots of agricultural land.

[9] Eduards was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009, jointly with Hugo Jabini, for their efforts to protect their traditional land against logging companies, by bringing the case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and further to the Inter-American Court.

[10] In late 2019, solar energy panels were installed in the village to provide 24 hours of electricity.