Trois Sauts
Trois Sauts
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Trois Sauts (English: three waterfalls) or Ɨtu wasu is a cluster of four
History
Trois Sauts has been established in the 1950s,[6] and named after a waterfall near the source of river. The name was a mistranslation, because the waterfall has four levels making it impossible to pass by boat, and thus isolating the upstream area in Brazil from the downstream in French Guiana.[7] The people living in Trois Sauts came from the upstream areas. It was not until 1969, that the villages of Roger and Zidock were established.[7] As of 2012, the villages are in a sustainable local development area of the Guiana Amazonian Park and has a park office.[8]
Even though Trois Sault is an isolated community and far from the gold fields of
Overview
Trois Sauts has a school, a clinic, and since 2013, an annex of the
Transport
The villages can only be reached via the river. It is located two days by boat from Saint-Georges or one day from Camopi.[5] The villages may only be accessed with a special permit from the Prefecture.[11][5]
References
- ^ "Grand Conseil Coutumier : les membres élus". Collective Territorialé de Guyane (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Os Treis Saltos, Brasil". Geonames. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Maurizio Alì & Rodica Ailincai (2012). "Comparaison des écosystèmes éducatifs chez deux groupes d'Amérindiens: les Wayãpi et les Wayana" (in French): Table 1 (based on registrations at the local clinic). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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- ^ a b c d "Les amérindiens Wayampis, citoyens français d'Amazonie". Medium (in French). 29 April 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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- ^ a b Grenand & Grenand 2017, p. 57.
- ^ "CAMOPI TROIS SAUTS - Parc Amazonien de Guyane". Parc Amazonien Guyane (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "The effects of gold mining in rivers in French Guiana". Institut de recherche pour le développement. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Project Guyane 2019-2020". Piles Solidaires (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Musiques et danses Wayampi". Une Saison en Guyane (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2020.
Bibliography
- Grenand, Pierre; Grenand, Françoise Grenand (2017). "Pour une histoire de la cartographie des territoires teko et wayãpi (Commune de Camopi, Guyane française)". Open Edition. Revue d’ethnoécologie (in French) (11). .