The village was originally known as
Amekan Kondre after their chief Amekan. It has been renamed Nason after the
Nassau Mountains which are visible in the distance. The
Redemptorists, Catholic missionaries, were active in the Paramaccan territory during the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1938, they founded the Anton Domici school and a library in the village. Because there were small isolated villages in the territory, the school offered
boarding facilities. In 1985, the boarding school had a capacity of 21 beds. A healthcare clinic was provided by
Medische Zending. Before the
Surinamese Interior War (1986-1992), Nason was one of the largest settlements of the tribe, During the war, the
Paramaccans sided with the
Jungle Commando, which resulted in a large-scale migration to
French Guiana, and the destruction of the boarding school and clinic. The facilities have been restored except for the nearby
Nason airstrip. The economy of the village is mainly based on
subsistence farming, and
gold mining. == References ==