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  • Welcome
  • New & interesting
  • Culture
    • + Organizations
      • Community facilities
      • Convention on Biological Diversity to ‘integrate traditional knowledge and practices of indigenous and local communities relevant for conservation of biodiversity” in 2020
      • Gandhian social movement
      • International Days celebrated by UNESCO – United Nations
      • Networking
      • Peoples’ Linguistic Survey of India: Endangered languages
      • Santiniketan & Sriniketan: Rabindranath Tagore – pioneer in rural education
      • Tagore and rural culture
      • Tribal Research and Training Institutes & Ethnographic Museums
      • UN International Day for Biological Diversity
      • Unicef & Unesco: Call for fulfillment of the rights of indigenous peoples
    • Forest dwellers in early India – myths and ecology
    • History
    • Identity
    • Music and dance
    • Speech communities deserve dignity and respect – UNESCO lecture
    • Tribal culture a living example of the Gandhian concept of trusteeship
    • Tribal culture worldwide
    • Tribal groups
    • Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology
  • Education
    • Tribal Children’s Right to Education in India
    • + Learning from and about tribal communities
      • Address misconceptions on tribal culture in the classroom
      • Children’s educational video channel – Gudalur
      • Education and literacy
      • Ekalavya (Eklavya, Eklabya) & EMR schools
      • Ekalavya the archer prodigy: The unresolved question of submission to bondage in “moral stories for children”
      • Health and nutrition
      • Learning from each other and telling stories
      • Nature and wildlife
      • Photos and slideshows
      • Success stories
      • Video | Tribal education must be rooted in the people’s own land, language and culture
    • A View of Higher Education in India by Prof. Ganesh Devy
    • Language in education and linguistic heritage
    • Multi-lingual education
    • Resources for the classroom: Learning from and about India’s tribal communities, their culture and knowledge systems
    • Tribal Children’s Right to Education in India: Proclamations on child rights
    • We have to write our own stories
  • Learn+
    • + Regions of India: Tribal culture and related issues
      • Andaman and Nicobar Islands
      • Bastar
      • Central region – Central Zonal Council
      • Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council
      • Gadchiroli
      • Narmada
      • Northern region – Northern Zonal Council
      • Seven Sister States & Sikkim – North Eastern Council
      • Southern region – Southern Zonal Council
      • Wayanad
      • Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology
      • Western region –  Western Zonal Council
    • Adverse inclusion
    • Ecology and environment
    • Economy and development
    • Ethnobotany and ethnomedicine
    • Figures, census and other statistics
    • Indian culture viewed from a multidimensional perspective
    • Misconceptions
    • Nomadic, Semi-Nomadic & Denotified Tribes
    • Rural poverty
    • Women in India: A reality check
  • Maps
    • 1. An alphabetical journey across India: from Andaman to West Bengal
    • 2. Northeastern India: the “Seven Sister States” & Sikkim
    • 3. Visit a museum in India: Indigenous art, anthropological & ethnographical collections
    • 4. A virtual journey across time and space: from Gondi-Harappan to present & future
    • 5. Locations for video documentaries & external media contents
    • 6. Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (Govt. data) & Endangered languages (PLSI data)
    • 7. Places associated with press reports and blogs about India’s tribal cultural heritage
    • 8. A virtual journey across India: from Ladakh to Gujarat
    • Link | Government map: States & Union Territories of India
  • Links
    • Libraries
    • Museum collections – India
    • Museum collections – general
    • Websites by tribal communities
  • Q & A
  • Resources
    • + Audio – resources on the foundation website
      • Audio resources – external
      • Audio | Santali Traditional and Fusion Songs: Ghosaldanga Bishnubati Adibasi Trust – West Bengal
    • + ePub & free downloads
      • eBook | Background guide
      • Asian Ethnology: Special issue on tribal culture in India
      • eBook | Demographic Status of Scheduled Tribe Population of India (Census figures 2011): Government of India
      • eBook | Free catalogue: Museum of Santal Culture (Bishnubati) – West Bengal
      • Denotified Tribes, Nomadic & Semi-Nomadic Tribes: Recommendations
      • eBook | Adivasi Stories from Gujarat – Bhasha Research and Publication Centre (Vadodara) – Gujarat
      • eBook | The Food Book of four communities in the Nilgiri mountains: Gudalur Valley – Tamil Nadu
      • eBook | “Santals Celebrate the Seasons”: Creativity fostered by Ashadullapur Gramin Silpa & Sastha Bidhan Kendra – West Bengal
      • eBook | The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights & International Convention against Torture
      • eJournal | Irish Journal of Anthropology: Special issue on Adivasi identity
      • Folio (The Hindu): Special issue on Adivasi culture
      • Folklore and Folkloristics: Special issue on Capacity Building for Tribal students in Tripura
      • Health: Recommendations by the Expert Committee
      • Johar multidisciplinary eJournal
      • PARI Rural people speak about their lives: photos, narratives, film & audio
      • Unicef comic books: Free resources
    • + Photos and slideshows – resources on the foundation website
      • Halakki people (Uttara Kannada) – Karnataka
      • Kuruma community of Wayanad: A living heritage – Kerala
      • Madia community – introduction
      • Modern education in Kakrana (Narmada) – Madhya Pradesh
      • Museum of Santal Culture (Bishnubati) – West Bengal
      • Photoworkshop “Through Children’s Eyes” – Tamil Nadu
      • Pottery workshop (Ashadullapur) – West Bengal
      • Views of Santal villages near Santiniketan: Visiting the Museum of Santal Culture – West Bengal
      • Santal Musical Traditions – National Museum
      • Through Children’s Eyes (Nilgiris) – Tamil Nadu
      • + Video – external resources
        • Video “Biodiversity” | Inherited knowledge and its value for modern healthcare & using resources in a sustainable manner – M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
        • Video | Documentary made and edited by Adivasi students in Gudalur – Tamil Nadu
        • Video | Historian Romila Thapar: “The past is very delicate”
        • TEDxGurugram | Kalyan Akkipeddi on ProtoVillages to eliminate poverty
        • Video | Mallika Sarabhai on storytelling for a cause
        • Video | Scientist MS Swaminathan on learning from Adivasi customs
        • Video | UN Human Rights Council’s Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
      • Suggest a resource
    • + Video – resources on the foundation website
      • Video | Khasi musical heritage of Meghalaya
      • Video | Kota dance
      • Video | Madia customs
      • Video | Through the Eye of the Ancestors
      • Video | World of Warli by Tamarind Tree – Maharashtra
      • Video | South Gujarat tribal music documentation (2): Ghangali played for Kansari katha story telling about human ancestors, heroes, and the origin of the earth
      • Video | Suggi Habba celebration by the Halakki people – Karnataka
  • Tips
    • ! Report human trafficking: Childline (national helpline) & Shakti Vahini
    • Books on tribal culture and related resources
    • Listen to the tribals: Fighting exploitation and stigmatization of women
    • Follow a guided tour of this website
    • Tips for teachers and students
    • Tips for travellers & volunteers
    • Tips for various contexts (latest posts first)
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  • Search
    • + Custom search engines for teachers, students and researchers
      • Custom search engine 1 – Indian Govt., research, NGOs & UN
      • Custom search engine 2 – Indigenous knowledge: biodiversity, ecology, health & nature
      • Custom search engine 3 – Indian magazines and web portals
      • Custom search engine 4 – Indian press coverage
      • Custom search engine 5 – Indian publishers of educational and children’s books
      • Custom search engine 6 – Indian publishers of scholarly books, fiction and poetry
    • + Fact checking
      • + Government of India
        • Adivasi, Tribals & Denotified tribes – Classifications
        • Constitution, Government & Particularly vulnerable tribal groups
        • How many ‘Scheduled Tribes’ are there in India?
        • India’s support for UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
        • India is a secular state: Its constitution is committed to the unique demography, history and culture of each state and union territory
        • India’s 28 States and 8 Union Territories
        • Scheduled Tribe (ST)
        • What are the Rights of Scheduled Tribes? – National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
        • What is the Forest Rights Act about?
        • “Who are Scheduled Tribes?” – National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
      • + Journalism: Press snippets and editorials
        • Journalism: Proper coverage of “deprivation”: Ethical considerations
        • Journalism without Fear or Favour (Committee to Protect Journalists & United Nations)
    • + Search this site and more
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      • Names of tribal communities, regions and states of India
      • Tips for using posts
      • Worldcat.org – Find Indian authors and publications
    • + Sitemaps
      • Categories: topics relating to India’s tribal culture – sitemap
      • Names of tribal communities – sitemap
      • Pages – sitemap

Map | Locations for video documentaries & external media contents

Explore India’s tribal cultural heritage with the help of another interactive map >>

Note: Green markers indicate locations for video contents edited for this foundation.

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