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Video | Hul Sengel: The Spirit of the Santal Revolution (1855) – Jharkhand

Posted on 13/05/2013 by website administrator

Watch a film produced on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Santal Hul ["Santal revolution" of 1855-56] >> Director and Producer: Daniel J. Rycroft, University of East Anglia Co-Director: Joy Raj Tudu (Indian Confederation of Indigenous & Tribal People) Co-Producer: D. … Continue reading →

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Collective of tribals successful in initiating and maintaining a sustainable commercial cultivation of coffee – Andhra Pradesh

Posted on 13/05/2013 by website administrator

G. S. SUBRAHMANYAM, The Hindu, VISAKHAPATNAM, January 29, 2013 Coop society creates steady source of income for over 11,000 farmers The ability of the collective of tribals in Paderu Agency area in initiating and maintaining a sustainable commercial cultivation of coffee … Continue reading →

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The Irulas’ Natural Products Corporation: Providing employment to several hundred Irula women – Tamil Nadu & New Delhi

Posted on 13/05/2013 by website administrator

Times of India, 29-3-2005 The Irulas’ Natural Products Corporation is a partnership firm located in the ITWWS campus, which produces, promotes and markets Irula health-care products. It provides employment to several hundred Irula women. [...] A team of experienced vaidyars … Continue reading →

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Indigenous communities’ decisions on traditional lands and habitats to be respected, based on information provided in a language accessible to them: Supreme Court ruling a great victory for indigenous rights – Odisha (Orissa)

Posted on 03/05/2013 by website administrator

Amnesty International, 18 April 2013 India: Landmark Supreme Court ruling a great victory for indigenous rights Today’s ruling by India’s Supreme Court that the Indigenous (Adivasi) communities will have the final decision on plans for a bauxite mine by a subsidiary … Continue reading →

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Video | Trailer to “Have you seen the arana?” – Kerala

Posted on 03/05/2013 by website administrator

“The stories of ancestors and their discoveries give the film a mystical quality and work like a poetic refrain” – Review by Bikas Mishra >>

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The Western Ghats are no ordinary ecosystem: They constitute the water tower of peninsular India

Posted on 02/05/2013 by website administrator

Madhav Gadgil & Ligia Noronha, The Hindu, 2-5-13  [...] This is a challenging time in India’s development history where a number of tenets of environmental governance are being questioned by the imperative of growth. Environmental governance in India is under … Continue reading →

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Adivasi community event and documentary film screening hosted by Accord – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 06/04/2013 by website administrator

Accord held a meeting in memory of Manoharan who passed away in 2012. He worked with Accord for 20 years. A lecture was delivered by Shashank Kela, author of a recently published book titled ‘A Rogue and Peasant Slave’ dealing … Continue reading →

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Shivaratri celebrations by the Kota community in the Nilgiri mountains – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 04/04/2013 by website administrator

View a video and two slideshows taken during Shivaratri, the main annual festival celebtrated by the Kota community Video | Kota women’s dance Video | Kota dance Slideshow | Kota dance and music Slideshow | Kota game More videos, slideshows and background information provided … Continue reading →

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EU supported project to “bring back forests on forest land”: Auroville bioregion – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 04/04/2013 by website administrator

01 April 2002 | by Isha; source: Auroville Today, April 2002 European Union supports Auroville’s afforestation project. The planting of 75,000 trees within Auroville, fortifying Auroville’s forest gene and bunding and check dam work needed to combat soil erosion and … Continue reading →

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Māori language schools, radio stations, and television channel & Language Week – New Zealand

Posted on 02/04/2013 by website administrator

A language revives Māori language school class >> Every year since 1975 New Zealand has marked Māori Language Week. This is a time for all New Zealanders to celebrate te reo Māori (the Māori language) and to use more Māori phrases … Continue reading →

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New Amarambalam forests deserve better conservation status – Kerala & Tamil Nadu

Posted on 20/03/2013 by website administrator

T. Nandakumar, The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, December 12, 2012 New moss species found in New Amarambalam forests: Characterised by long, drooping primary branches, ridged leaves  - Photo: The Hindu | Researchers have named the new plant Symphysodontella madhusoodanii.

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Tribal languages face extinction as “young people want to be part of the mainstream culture” – Uttarakhand

Posted on 15/03/2013 by website administrator

Tip: for more information on the work of the “Central Institute of Indian Languages” and “Bharat Bhasha Vikas Yojana” mentioned in this article, use Google custom search – Indian press coverage of tribal culture; click Search select periodicals >> Excerpts from The Telegraph, … Continue reading →

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Locations of dialects, languages, and language families – Linguistic Survey of India map collection

Posted on 02/03/2013 by website administrator

The LL-MAP team is happy to announce the completion of the digital adaptation of the Linguistic Survey of India map collection. This important series of maps was a survey of the languages of British India, conducted in the first several decades of the 20th century … Continue reading →

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Tip | A Digital Library of Language Relationships: searchable database and maps – multitree.org

Posted on 02/03/2013 by website administrator

Search information and create a customized map on multitree.org/search (e.g. Gondi, Santali) >> A customized map showing the distribution of the Santali created on multitree.org MultiTree is a project of The LINGUIST List to create and present a digital library of scholarly hypotheses about language relationships and … Continue reading →

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Tribal traditions, colonial history and the birth of a modern state – Jharkhand

Posted on 02/03/2013 by website administrator

Forests and woodlands occupy more than 29% of the state which is amongst the highest in India – www.jharkhand.gov.in | More  information and official statistics here >> The region enshrouded in the hills and forests inaccessible to a large segment of … Continue reading →

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Video | Hanmi: A Treasure Trove of Oral Heritage – Karnataka

Posted on 23/02/2013 by website administrator

Published on Oct 13, 2012 Hanmi is the one of the few artists who has mastered the oral epic songs and other verbal art. She belongs to Gamokkalu tribe from Uttara Kannada district Karnataka. Sadly now Hanmi is the only … Continue reading →

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Slideshow | Dengue prevention campaign for the Kaani community – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 16/02/2013 by website administrator

Photos: courtesy S S Davidson © 2013 Tribal Foundation (Nagercoil) A Dengue Prevention Awareness Camp was held in Maaramalai tribal settlement in the Western Ghats, by Tribal Foundation on December 8, 2012. Addressing the tribal people, S S Davidson, environmental educator … Continue reading →

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Video | 2012 tribal festival at the Central University of Jharkhand campus

Posted on 11/02/2013 by website administrator
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Mountain ecosystems also needed by urbanized areas: International Mountain Day observed with kaani tribal community – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 09/02/2013 by website administrator

International Mountain Day was observed by Tribal Foundation at Maraamalai Tribal Settlement in the Western Ghats by the Tribal Foundation on December 11. Addressing the indigenous people S S Davidson, environmental educator said that, mountains were crucial to life. Whether … Continue reading →

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Durua, Bhumia, Gadaba and Kondh women receive respect from men for their inherent strength to lead the family and community forward

Posted on 06/02/2013 by website administrator

Ch. Santakar, The Hindu, KORAPUT, January 1, 2013 Women in tribal communities of Koraput district were safe for the well acknowledged traditional guidelines of life being adhered to by one and all including the young and old in the community, Paresh … Continue reading →

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Bhubaneswar hosted the first annual national tribal dance – Odisha (Orissa)

Posted on 06/01/2013 by website administrator

Shyamhari Chakra, The Hindu, BHUBANESWAR, December 12, 2012 Adding further excitement to the festive fervour of the State in December – better known as the festival season in Odisha – two major dance festivals kicked off in and around the capital … Continue reading →

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Slideshow | Community based programmes in remote, drought prone tribal villages – Madhya Pradesh

Posted on 31/12/2012 by website administrator

Chandanpura is a small village in the Bijawar block of Madhya Pradesh.  It falls under the rain scarce drought prone area of Bundelkhand. [...] The village Chadanpura is a tribal dominated village. The overall population of village is 296, among … Continue reading →

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The Nehru Centenary Tribal Museum in Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh

Posted on 31/12/2012 by website administrator

NIVEDITA N., The Hindu, December 31, 2012 The museum brings together culture, lifestyle, customs and beliefs of the various tribes hailing from different districts of Andhra Pradesh. Some of the tribes represented here are Kondareddi, Bagata and Hill Reddi. The tribes … Continue reading →

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Textbook for tribal children awarded – remedy against child labour

Posted on 20/12/2012 by website administrator

The Hindu – JAIPUR, August 14, 2011 A unique book authored by a civil servant for bringing the Vagadi-speaking tribal children in southern Rajasthan to the mainstream of education and helping them learn Hindi and English has been selected for … Continue reading →

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Government schemes and construct community halls for tribal community – Goa

Posted on 20/12/2012 by website administrator

The Times of India, Goa,  Oct 13, 2012 PANAJI: Tribal welfare minister Ramesh Tawadkar announced three more schemes for tribal people. Tawadkar announced the “Gagan Bharari Shiksha Yojana” to provide additional financial assistance to scheduled tribe students as the maintenance allowance … Continue reading →

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