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through this body that the member villages are pursuing the joint claim for land
extension mentioned above.
Figure 3.3. Map of South Rupununi Communities.
The remaining six major Wapishana settlements are in the Aishalton sub-district, or
Deep South, and complete an arc of villages stretching from Sand Creek, through
Rupunau and on around the eastern and southern border of the savannahs. The three
villages of, from north to south, Shea, Maruranau and Awarewaunau, form a
contiguous block of reservation lands along the west bank of the Kwitaro river. Most
of the farming lands are found in the forests of the Kwitaro basin, while some people
in the outlying settlements of Palmylco and Diniad use forests in the Kanuku foothills
to the north. Two Wapishana-staffed outstations of Dadanawa are in the vicinity, at
the eastern edge of the lease close to its boundary with the east end reservations:
Katilernau a few miles west of Shea, close to Katilerwao creek, and Arakwoi, close to
the Arakwoi creek southwest of Awarewaunau. The remaining Deep South villages are
situated along the southern edge of the savannah, several miles from its border with
forests of the Kujuwini river system. Aishalton is the sub-district capital, where are