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What is the Forest Rights Act about? Who is a forest dweller under this law, and who gets rights?
The Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (also known as the FRA) is a revolutionary tool in forest governance. It visualizes statutorily backed devolution of … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adverse inclusion, Anthropology, Assimilation, Colonial policies, Democracy, eBook eJournal ePaper, FAQ, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, History, Literature - fiction, Literature and bibliographies, Misconceptions, Nature and wildlife, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Tips
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Tip | How many ‘Scheduled Tribes’ are there in India? And what distinguishes them from other communities? (‘tribal’ or otherwise) – Information provided by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
There are over 700 tribes (with overlapping communities in more than one State) which have been notified under Article 342 of the Constitution of India, spread over different States and Union Territories of the country. The largest number of main … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Constitution and Supreme Court, Democracy, Economy and development, FAQ, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, History, Organizations, Quotes, Regions of India – Tribal heritage & indigenous knowledge, Resources, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Tips
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“Who are Scheduled Tribes?”: Clarifications by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes – Government of India
The framers of the Constitution took note of the fact that certain communities in the country were suffering from extreme social, educational and economic backwardness on account of the primitive agricultural practices, lack of infrastructure facilities and geographical isolation. The … Continue reading
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“Who is Indian, and what makes a person an Indian?”: Questions debated among members of 565 recognized American Indian tribes
My answer? There are many definitions of who is an Indian. As a starting point, “Indian” is a misguided label that spread through Europe after 1492. Native people have always associated themselves with their tribe(s) and referenced their tribal names … Continue reading →