Community facilities / Crafts and visual arts / Cultural heritage / Ecology and environment / Economy and development / Ethnobotany and ethnomedicine / Health and nutrition / Organizations / Press snippets / Revival of traditions / Seasons and festivals / Success story / Tribal identity / Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology / Western region –  Western Zonal Council

“Rare glimpses of rural cultural heritage”: Forest-dwelling tribal culture festival – Goa

Rajendra P Kerkar, The Times of India, 11 December 2017 Goa’s forest-dwelling tribal culture, traditional cuisine and ethnobotanical (regional plants) heritage was on display at the two-day lokotsav organised by Adarsh …

Adverse inclusion and caste / Anthropology / Assimilation / Colonial policies / Community facilities / Customs / Economy and development / Figures, census and other statistics / Forest Rights Act (FRA) / Government of India / Literature and bibliographies / Misconceptions / Modernity / Names and communities / Organizations / Performing arts / Photos / Press snippets / Rural poverty / Southern region – Southern Zonal Council / Success story / Tribal identity / Worship and rituals

The champions from Stuartpuram: Yerukulas as role models bringing hope to a new generation – Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu, 25 November 2017 The Yerukulas were first criminalised by the British and forced into a ‘reformatory’ colony named ‘Stuartpuram’ in 1913. P. Samuel Jonathan reports on the tragic …

Accountability / Anthropology / Assimilation / Commentary / Community facilities / Constitution and Supreme Court / Customs / De- and re-tribalisation / Democracy / Ecology and environment / Economy and development / Education and literacy / Endangered language / Figures, census and other statistics / Film / Government of India / History / Languages and linguistic heritage / Literature and bibliographies / Modernity / Organizations / Regions of India – Tribal heritage & indigenous knowledge / Resources / Revival of traditions / Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Scheduled Tribe (ST) / Seasons and festivals / Success story / Tips / Topics and issues / Worship and rituals

Tip | Understanding the social and cultural context for India’s tribal communities – Facts & news roundup

Source: Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentAddress: http://mhrd.gov.in/Date Visited: Mon Sep 11 2017 19:36:35 GMT+0200 (CEST) The disadvantage faced by girls and children belonging to Scheduled Cast and …

Central region – Central Zonal Council / Childhood / Community facilities / Economy and development / Education and literacy / Figures, census and other statistics / Government of India / Health and nutrition / History / Names and communities / Organizations / Photos / Quotes / Seasons and festivals / Video resources - external / Women

A young state committed to the development of its tribal communities – Telangana

About Telangana Tribals After the formation of the new State of Telangana on the 2ndJune, 2014, the State Government has attached top-most priority for the development of Scheduled Tribe population …

Accountability / Adivasi / Adibasi / Adverse inclusion and caste / Commentary / Community facilities / Customs / Democracy / Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council / Education and literacy / Government of India / History / Literature - fiction / Media portrayal / Misconceptions / Modernity / Names and communities / Networking / Press snippets / Quotes / Revival of traditions / Storytelling / Women / Worship and rituals

“Silencing a voice nips in the bud the prospect of resolution”: A Santal educator’s case against the banning of a controversial book – Jharkhand

Discussion is the Need of the Hour, Not Banningby Boro Baski, Anandabazar Patrika , 8 September, 2017translated by Maroona Murmu, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Jadavpur University Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s …

Assimilation / Audio resources - external / Community facilities / Cultural heritage / De- and re-tribalisation / Democracy / Education and literacy / Endangered language / Languages and linguistic heritage / Organizations / Quotes / Revival of traditions / Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Tips / Tribal culture worldwide / Tribal elders / Women

Audio | “A race against time that must not be lost”: Indigenous communities’ right to the survival of their languages – Canada

When Doris and Esther came home during the summer months, they felt alienated from their family. The residential school taught them to feel ashamed of their language and culture, and …

Community facilities / Education and literacy / Endangered language / Figures, census and other statistics / Languages and linguistic heritage / Modernity / Organizations / Quotes / Resources / Tribal culture worldwide / Tribal identity / Women

Online-learning support for endangered dialects: “A gateway to understanding different world views” – UK

MATT BURGESS, Wired.com, Monday 17 July 2017 Inky Gibbens aims to keep dying dialects alive with her online-learning service | To read the full article, click here >> Inky Gibbens is …

Community facilities / Economy and development / Education and literacy / Names and communities / Networking / Organizations / Press snippets / Rural poverty / Southern region – Southern Zonal Council / Success story

Higher education no longer a distant dream for Irula youth: “Every single rupee we earn could be used for our education” – Tamil Nadu

Irula boy chases a dream from brick kilns to Anna University […] Karal Marx L, The New Indian Express, 7 August 2017 | To read the full story, click here >> An …