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Adivasis (Scheduled Tribes) are the largest tribal population in the world – World Directory of Minorities
From “Adivasis of India” (dated 2008) | Read the full article >> Alternative names: Scheduled Tribes, various tribal names e.g. Santhals, Hos, Mundas, Oraons, Gonds, Konds, Bhils etc. [...] The Adivasis (original inhabitants) is the collective name used for the many tribal … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Anthropology, Assimilation, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Misconceptions, Names and communities, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Worship and rituals
Tagged Bhil, Gond, Ho, Kond, Munda, Oraon, Santal
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Adivaani Trust: Kolkata-based publishing house for Adivasi literature – West Bengal
Call for Support: Adivaani—Publishing the Adivasi Voice Adivaani is a new publishing house from Kolkata, which describes itself as a response to the endangered Adivasi cultural and historical heritage. For long, mainstre am publishing in India has neglected the documentation and publication … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Childhood and children, Community facilities, Cultural heritage, Customs, De- and re-tribalisation, Education and literacy, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature - fiction, Literature and bibliographies, Names and communities, Organizations, Resources, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Storytelling, Women, Worship and rituals
Tagged Munda, Oraon, Santal
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Memories of life in a remote Bhil hamlet on the Narmada river: “poor but not impoverished” – Maharashtra
Simple ways of life Yoginder Sikand, Dec 23, 2012 : Reflections It was almost three decades ago and I have only very hazy memories of the trip. We, a batch of university students, accompanied our Anthropology professor to a remote tribal … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Assimilation, Commentary, Customs, De- and re-tribalisation, Dress and ornaments, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Government of India, Health and nutrition, History, Misconceptions, Modernity, Music and dance, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Press snippets, Worship and rituals
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Adivasi Religion and Society Network (ARS): Encouraging communication and collaboration among scholars from all disciplines interested in religion and society among adivasi people
Reflections Why a Network for Adivasi Religions and Societies? Gregory Alles, October 11, 2011. When I first became interested in adivasis and adivasi religions several years ago, I started looking around for scholars of religious studies who were interested in … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, History, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Tribal culture worldwide, Worship and rituals
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EU supported project to “bring back forests on forest land”: Auroville bioregion – Tamil Nadu
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
Posted in Ecology and environment, Figures, census and other statistics, Maps, Modernity, Names and communities, Networking, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Worship and rituals
Tagged Irula
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Consent from tribals no longer required by Govt. of India: handing forestlands over for projects that affect sacred places of worship
Nitin Sethi, Times Of India, Feb 16, 2013, NEW DELHI: The government has diluted its stand on requiring consent from tribals before handing over their forestlands for projects in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court on the Vedanta case. … Continue reading
Video | Hanmi: A Treasure Trove of Oral Heritage – Karnataka
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
Posted in Anthropology, Childhood and children, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Customs, Dress and ornaments, Homes and utensils, Languages and linguistic heritage, Maps, Music and dance, Names and communities, Organizations, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Storytelling, Tribal elders, Video resources - external, Women, Worship and rituals
Tagged Gamokkalu
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On the Totem Trail | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine
By Mary Jane Lenz, Smithsonian magazine, June 2001 | Read the full article or subscribe here >> Totem poles, those giant red cedar poles elaborately carved with images of animals and people, can be thought of as three-dimensional family histories; histories that … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts and visual arts, History, Museum collections - general, Names and communities, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Tribal culture worldwide, Worship and rituals
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The Story of the Totem Pole: Indians of the Northwest Coast of the United States and Canada
The large interactive family exhibition The Story of the Totem Pole focuses on the Indians of the Northwest Coast of the United States and Canada. International masterpieces combined with the finest from its own collection, supplemented by modern art, topical … Continue reading
Traditional dress, practices and festivals refashioned – Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh is home to about twenty-five separate tribes and as many languages/dialects in the Tibeto-Burman family. (Despite the descriptive inadequacies of the term ‘tribal’, the alternatives are equally imprecise; ‘tribal’ is a politicised category all over India [Beteille 1991], … Continue reading
Usage of ‘tribe’ traceable to colonial census authorities
By Arup Maharatna, Mainstream, Vol XLVIII, No 40, September 25, 2010 The term ‘tribe’, as is widely known, subsumes enormous complexities—both anthropological and historical. However, the British India Censuses used to enumerate tribes as Animists until the 1931 Census, in which … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Colonial policies, Figures, census and other statistics, Misconceptions, Quotes, Worship and rituals
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Video | Chenchu hunter-gatherers – Andhra Pradesh
Video by by Sathya Mohan The Chenchus are one of the last remaining tribes in India. They live a hand-to-mouth existence in the forest but attempts to integrate them in society have failed. For centuries, the Chenchus have survived as … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Customs, De- and re-tribalisation, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Government of India, Health and nutrition, Homes and utensils, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Quotes, Seasons and festivals, Tiger, Tribal elders, Video resources - external, Worship and rituals
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Pulayar music – Tamil Nadu
The hill-tribes have a natural fondness for music and they are known for the preservation of ancient culture. The Pulayar tribe describe their melodies as talams. According to them, their melodies are derived from the cooing of birds such as … Continue reading
Posted in Customs, Music and dance, Musicology, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Quotes, Worship and rituals
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Bastar art and the Hindu-isation of the tribal myth – Chhattisgarh
The Hindu, October 24, 2012 Niranjan Mahawar, 75, is a self-taught ethnologist of Chhattisgarh. He spent almost five decades in southern Chhattisgarh to study the life and art of the Bastar tribes. [...] Today, Mahawar — who was made famous in … Continue reading
Posted in Colonial policies, Commentary, Crafts and visual arts, De- and re-tribalisation, History, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Press snippets, Tiger, Tribal identity, Worship and rituals
Tagged Bastar, Gond
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Wastewater snow would ruin a mountain considered sacred – Flagstaff (USA)
By LESLIE MACMILLAN, The New York Times, September 26, 2012 Resort’s Snow Won’t Be Pure This Year; It’ll Be Sewage [...] “Everyone does well when the ski area does well,” said J. R. Murray, general manager of Snowbowl. But Indians, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheyenne, Hopi, Navajo
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Adivasi: People on the Edge – Wayanad District, Kerala
Interviews with members of tribal communities in one of the most developed regions of India: Wayanad District in Kerala. Returning to the forest with abundant resources that shaped the ancestral tribal lifestyle is no longer feasible for these women and … Continue reading
Egalitarian culture leaves Adivasi youth unprepared for competition: On the challenge of balancing tradition and modernity
Boro Baski is a teacher and social worker with the community-based organisation Ghosaldanga Adibasi Seva Sangha in West Bengal. Read the entire article >> Boro Baski, 13/05/2013 The young generation of India’s tribal communities is struggling with different problems than the college-educated urban … Continue reading →