Palikur

Palikur

Traditional dance of the Palikur (2019)
Total population
ca. 2,300[1] (2015)
Regions with significant populations
Brazil (Amapá)	ca. 1,400[1]
French Guiana[2]	ca. 900[1]
Languages
Pa’ikwaki language, French Guianese Creole
Religion
Animism (traditionally) and Pentecostalism

The Palikur are an indigenous people located in the riverine areas of the Brazilian state of Amapá and in French Guiana, particularly in the south-eastern border region, on the north bank of the Oyapock River. The Palikur Nation, or naoné, is Arawak-speaking and socially organized in clans. In 2015, the estimated population was 2,300 people of which 1,400 lived in Brazil and 900 in French Guiana.