Akouménaye
Akouménaye is an Amerindian village of the Wayampi tribe in southeast French Guiana, close to the border with Brazil. The village was established in 1946 near Alicoto by the villagers of Tacouné. The Wayampis in French Guiana have had very little contact with the outside world, and practice slash-and-burn agriculture.
In 1987, Jacques Chirac as Prime Minister established Zones of Collective Use Rights. ZDUC means that the villages have communal land for hunting, fishing, agriculture and gathering. The village of Akoménaye is located within a ZDUC, and because the name can no longer be found, it is likely that Akouménaye has been abandoned.
