Theodoris Bernardus Jubitana was born in Nickerie District on 10 April 1965, to a Lokono family, the ninth of eleven children.

[1] Jubitana was elected captain of Hollandse Kamp in Para District in a village meeting on 7 August 2011.

[3] Jubitana was subsequently elected chairman of the Organization of Collaborating Indigenous Villages in Para and Wanica (OSIP).

[6] After a four-day meeting, Jubitana succeeded Lesley Artist as chairman of the National Association of Indigenous Village Heads Suriname (VIDS) in August 2017.

Artist attributed this decision to a disagreement between him and Jubitana on the land rights talks;[8] Redidoti was followed by nine more villages.

According to Jubitana, attacks and threats were already expected as the process surrounding land rights had entered a crucial phase.