Basics
Tribal Cultural Heritage in India in the 21st century (printfriendly PDF)
Forest dwellers in early India – myths and ecology in historical perspective
Education
Background guide for education (free eBook)
Childhood | Child marriage | Children’s right to Education
! Contact: National helpline Childline & report trafficking
Customs | Marriage customs | Social conventions
Free comic books (Unicef)
Survival Int. on tribal education
Video | “Nations don’t make us human – languages make us human”: Ganesh Devy
Health, environment & nature
Biological Diversity: What is the Biodiversity Act?
Forest dwellers in early India – myths and ecology
Issues
Assimilationist & isolationist positions
“Casteism” and its effect on tribal communities
Denotified Tribe vs. “criminal tribe“
Fighting exploitation and women’s stigmatization
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups & Endangered languages (interactive map)
President of India
National development and the development of tribal communities are linked
Government of India, national & international organizations
Endangered languages: Peoples’ Linguistic Survey of India
Govt. of India, NGOs, Indian universities and international organisations
Govt. What are the Rights of Scheduled Tribes (ST)
Human Rights Commission (posts) | www.nhrc.nic.in (Government of India)
India’s Constitutional obligation to respect their cultural traditions
India’s 28 States and 8 Union Territories
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes | Related posts
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)
People’s Linguistic Survey of India | Volumes (PLSI) | PeoplesLinguisticSurvey.org
Universal Declaration of Human Rights & International Convention against Torture
Women | Safe search | President Droupadi Murmu on women’s empowerment
Legal provisions
Child rights & Right to education handbook
Constitution and Supreme Court
Denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic (“hidden”) tribes: Classifications in different states
Forest Rights Act (FRA) | Legal rights | What is the Forest Rights Act about?
India’s Constitutional obligation to respect their cultural traditions
Right to Information Act (RTI)
Scheduled Tribes (ST) | Who are Scheduled Tribes?
Who is a forest dweller under this law, and who gets rights?
Resources
Adivasis’ struggle for India’s freedom and Independence
Anthropology & Anthropological Survey of India
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars’ Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding | Backup (PDF, 500 KB)
Books on tribal culture and related resources
Fact checking | Factchecker.in | Safe search examples with keywords:
“factchecker.in rural india“| “factchecker.in adivasi tribe“
Figures, census and other statistics | Primitive Tribes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Census 2011)
Indian magazines and web portals – news coverage and analysis
Indigenous knowledge: biodiversity, ecology, health, nutrition, nature, wildlife
Languages and linguistic heritage
Nehru’s 5 Principles: Panchsheel
News update in Indian periodicals: Tribal Affairs
People’s Linguistic Survey of India | Volumes (PLSI) | PeoplesLinguisticSurvey.org