Sikiana

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{{for|the language|Sikiana language}}

{{Infobox Ethnic group

|group = Sikiana

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|population = ~83[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ako "Sikiana."] Ethnologue. 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

|region1 = {{Flag|Brazil}}

|pop1 = 33 (1986)

|region2 = {{Flag|Suriname}}

|pop2 = 50 (2001)

|languages = Sikiana, Tiriyó

|religions = traditional tribal religion

|related = Salumá

}}

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

The Sikiana in Brazil live between the Cafuini River and headwaters of the Turuna and Itapi close to border with Suriname.{{cite web|url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14172/BR|title=Sikiana in Brazil|website=Joshua Project|access-date=23 July 2020}} The group in Suriname lives in Kwamalasamutu.{{cite web|url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14172/NS|title=Sikiana in Suriname|website=Joshua Project|access-date=23 July 2020}} The group in Venezuela is probably extinct.{{cite web|url=https://www.mona.uwi.edu/dllp/jlu/ciel/pages/sikiiyana.htm|title=Sikiana|website=Caribbean Indigenous and Endangered Languages at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica|access-date=23 July 2020}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië - Page 175 - Sikiana|website=Digital Library for Dutch Literature|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/benj004ency01_01/benj004ency01_01.pdf| date=1916|access-date=23 July 2020|language=nl}}