Sikiana

The Sikiana are an indigenous people, living in Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela.

[1] The Sikiana in Brazil live between the Cafuini River and headwaters of the Turuna and Itapi close to border with Suriname.

[4] The 1916 Encyclopaedia of the Dutch West Indies placed the Sikiana at the Trombetas River in Brazil, and said that they had a close relationship with the Salumá and the Tiriyó.

[5] The Sikiana are also called Chikena, Chiquena, Chiquiana, Shikiana, Sikiâna, Sikiyana, Sikiána, Sikïiyana, Tshikiana, Xikiyana, or Xikujana people.

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